Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment is a profoundly complex and controversial aspect of the criminal justice system. This section provides articles that explore the history, legal frameworks, and ethical debates surrounding Capital Punishment in various jurisdictions. Correctional professionals can gain insights into the procedures, implications, and ongoing discussions about using the death penalty. Understanding Capital Punishment is crucial for those involved in its administration and those engaged in broader criminal justice reform efforts. For further context, explore related topics on supermax prisons.
Thomas Creech was issued a stay of execution about a half hour after Idaho DOC officials called off his lethal injection when they couldn’t locate a vein for an IV
Thomas Creech, 73, has been in prison for half a century; he was already serving a life term when he beat a fellow inmate to death in 1981 — the crime for which he was to be executed
Ivan Cantu received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m. at the Huntsville State Penitentiary for the 2000 fatal shooting of his cousin and his cousin’s girlfriend
The state’s death penalty system remains on pause, as officials develop a new methods for executions amid legal challenges and botched executions
SCOTUS rejected an appeal from death row inmate Bill Kuenzel who claims evidence withheld by prosecutors entitled him to a new court hearing
The justices did not comment Monday in turning away the appeal from Bill Kuenzel, convicted of killing a convenience store clerk in 1987
Four Kansas Supreme Court justices facing a campaign to oust them say the court has decided capital murder cases on legal issues while avoiding politics and emotion
Ohio’s three-drug method is worse than a similar procedure used years ago, federal public defenders said
Steven Frederick Spears, 54, is scheduled to die on Nov. 16
A man will not get to hide his tattoos during his upcoming murder trial punishable by the death penalty
A reporter suing over Missouri’s refusal to allow him to witness an execution isn’t constitutionally guaranteed a right to see someone put to death, the state argued
Ohio is moving its death row for the third time in little over a decade because of the growing number of aging inmates serving death sentences
Judge Michael Greenlick ruled Michael Davis has an “intellectual disability” and shouldn’t be executed for his crimes
The court said it found several errors, but none warranted vacating Gary Kleypas’ capital murder conviction or death sentence
Gregory Paul Lawler fatally shot Atlanta Officer John Sowa and critically injured Officer Patricia Cocciolone during a 1997 house call
Ariz. said it was eliminating its use of midazolam after its supply expired and another supplier couldn’t be found.
The parole board denied Gregory Paul Lawler clemency after lawyers argued that an autism diagnosis helps explain why he acted the way he did during a police encounter
Gregory Paul Lawler’s lawyers asked the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to halt his execution to consider the autism diagnosis and its effects
The court struck down a newly enacted law allowing a defendant to be sentenced to death as long as 10 out of 12 jurors recommend it
The court ruled the supplier of the drugs can be kept secret, reversing its own earlier ruling that the supplier must be revealed
The key difference between the original execution protocol comes with the first drug the state plans to use, midazolam, which has been challenged in court as unreliable
California, Nebraska, and Oklahoma are voting in November on whether to repeal, reinstate, or reform capital punishment
Barney Fuller Jr. has asked that all his appeals be dropped to expedite his death sentence
Gov. Susana Martinez is pushing to revive the death penalty in response to recent killings of two officers and the sexual assault and killing of a 10-year-old girl
The Supreme Court refused to review the death penalty case of serial killer John E. Robinson Sr., meaning his capital murder conviction and sentence will stand for now
Death row inmates Ivan Teleguz and Ricky Gray plan to ask Gov. Terry McAuliffe to halt their executions after the court declined to hear their appeals
The death penalty legislation would reinstate capital punishment for killers of correctional officers, police officers and children under 18
The cost for the state to obtain lethal injection drugs has leapt from about $525 per execution to $16.5K, but a spokesman says the price tag is “the cost of enforcing the law”
Thomas Arthur, scheduled to be executed in November, is asking the court to review his claim that Alabama’s lethal injection procedure is inhumane
The second-term Republican governor said that she wants the death penalty as an option for convicted killers of police, children and corrections officers
Alabama is seeking to resume executions after a two-year lull as the state faced a scarcity of lethal injection drugs and litigation