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.
“This pace also protects our team’s mental health and allows time for them to process and recover between the scheduled executions,” the Oklahoma DOC executive director said
Alabama, Mississippi and Oklahoma have OK’d nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method, although Oklahoma’s law allows it only if lethal injection is no longer available
“We do not believe Mr. Creech is worthy of grace or mercy,” the three parole board members said. “This decision was based on the coldblooded nature of David Dale Jensen’s murder and the sheer number of victims that Mr. Creech has created over his lifetime”
The Texas Attorney General’s Office agreed to the tests to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of two death row inmates that challenged the use of the drugs
Court upheld a ruling that said Robert Moreno Ramos can’t file another appeal claiming he wasn’t told he could get legal help from the Mexican government
Governor wants the DOC to find a new supply of the drug rather than use another method allowed under a law passed last year
John Wayne Conner, 60, is scheduled to be put to death July 14
Attorneys argued that a black woman was wrongfully excluded from a jury during the inmate’s trial
The state could be able to resume executions early next month after an appeals court denied to rehear a case challenging a drug the state plans to use
Lawyers for the state said that its current supply of midazolam expired and Arizona’s sources of the drug have dried up because of pressure from death penalty opponents
John Wayne Conner, 60, is to be put to death July 14
Thursday’s guilty plea came on the second anniversary of Vermilion Parish Deputy Allen Bares Jr.'s death
A lawyer for 65-year-old Vernon Madison told judges that stroke-induced dementia has made Madison unable to understand why the state plans to execute him
State can execute eight death row inmates, a split state Supreme Court ruled Thursday
The state is executing inmates at a record clip, but prosecutors almost never seek the death penalty anymore, and juries refuse to impose it when they do
Attorneys who contended “junk science” was used to send a father to death row for killing his 2-year-old daughter 14 years ago have won a reprieve
Texas’ highest criminal court should consider whether death penalty is being fairly applied and should still be constitutional, judge wrote
Former inmate says he wants to tear up an agreement that dismissed his murder charge while protecting prosecutors from any findings of misconduct
Says installing AC on death row could open “Pandora’s box” and force his department to make same accommodation for other prisoners
Republican Rep. Paul Ray said he’d like to see the time from sentence to execution cut from as much as 30 years to 15 or less
Inmate is first of 11 death row inmates to be resentenced since state Supreme Court ruled sentences violated prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment
Judge ruled more than two years ago that state imposes unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment once the heat index exceeds 88 degrees
State could spend roughly the same money on an AC system that would satisfy a federal judge’s order to protect death-row inmates from dangerous heat
Police didn’t connect the crimes to a serial killer for years
Neither case poses a broad challenge to the death penalty
The National Alliance on Mental Illness agrees jails have become the de facto largest mental-health institutions
Any execution is likely years away because of lengthy appeals
The request is limited to death row inmates who are plaintiffs in the litigation
A man set for execution for the slaying of a 64-year-old grandmother during a burglary has won a reprieve
The court released its 5-2 decision Thursday in the appeal of Russell Peeler Jr.
A death sentence would still be possible
If voters approve conflicting ballot measures, the one with the most votes prevails
Eight inmates are suing to stop their executions
