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.
“It took 22 years but the time came. It is done. We can finally and really begin to heal — 22 years of wondering what was going to happen,” the girl’s sister said
Brent Ray Brewer, 53, died by chemical injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the April 1990 death of Robert Laminack
“The execution will be carried out by nitrogen hypoxia, the method previously requested by the inmate as an alternative to lethal injection,” Gov. Kay Ivey said
Before being executed, the 58-year-old Wesbrook apologized profusely to some of his victims’ relatives
2 more Texas inmates are set to die later this month
The inmate is scheduled for lethal injection on Wednesday
Under state law, an inmate must be put to death by lethal injection unless he chooses the electric chair
He rejected a plea deal that would have freed him in 1992 because he refused to admit to any wrongdoing
New Hampshire’s last execution was in 1939
The pope said ‘even criminals hold the inviolable right to life’ given by God
The measure heads next to the Senate, which is expected to approve the bill
The decision means Ohio now has 25 death row inmates with firm execution dates
Corrections officials have said they have two lethal doses of the first drug in the deadly cocktail needed for execution
Officials have given contradictory comments on whether they have the drugs to kill Ricky Gray
Travis Hittson, 45, is set to receive an injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital on Wednesday
The state’s last execution was in 2010, and the nine inmates on death row are all years away from exhausting their appeals
The role of juries has become the central focus as lawmakers scramble to pass a bill to help resume executions
Authorities say they don’t have enough pentobarbital, the first in a three-drug sequence used in the state
Through late 2010, Mississippi and all other states used sodium thiopental as the barbiturate
Only 69 of 330 death penalty cases in the past 15 years had unanimous jury verdicts
The inmate grabbed the TASER during transportation to solitary confinement
Brandon Astor Jones, 72, is scheduled to be put to death by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at 7 p.m.
A psychologist who evaluated Couch in 2013 introduced the ‘affluenza’ term at trial in reference to Couch being coddled
Most states with the death penalty require a unanimous decision from a jury
Supporters said they would try to resurrect the measure after a five-week break
He was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m., 16 minutes after Texas prison officials began a lethal dose of pentobarbital
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down Florida’s death penalty statute this month
He wants a program to help inmates learn job skills
The legislation would allow a hearing before trial on an offender’s mental illness
Nationally, incriminating testimony from incentivized informants factored in 16 percent of 337 convictions overturned by DNA evidence
There was a call to re-evaluate the death penalty in light of problems involving its imposition and use
State prison officials proposed an elaborate new execution procedure in an attempt to resolve a decade of legal battles
Christopher Eugene Brooks, 43, is set to die at 6 p.m. CST
