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.
Convicted killer James Osgood says he’s ready to be executed for the 2010 killing of Tracy Lynn Brown and opposes protests in his name
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the state will be deliberate on nitrogen executions and said prison expansion has broad support
Mikal Mahdi admitted to shooting Orangeburg Officer James Myers eight times before burning his body in a shed in 2004
Anthony Sanchez, 44, pronounced dead after a three-drug lethal injection, is the third man put to death in Oklahoma this year
Electric chair is the state’s default method of execution but inmates can choose death by firing squad or lethal injection
An autopsy concluded that Stephen Todd Booker, 69, who became a published poet while serving on death row, died of acute fentanyl toxicity
Anthony “Jack” Sully, 79, died of natural causes at a medical facility outside of the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
A council, allowed to meet in secret, advised Gov. Newsom on a $360 million plan to remake the prison grounds as a college campus, with a student union, classrooms and possibly a coffee shop
According to the protocol “Nitrogen gas will be administered for 15 minutes, or five minutes following a flatline indication on the EKG, whichever is longer”
At the time of the 2019 killings, Michael Cummins was close to being arrested for probation violations
Judge: Inmate’s constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment may have been violated after officials repeatedly scheduled his execution
James Phillip Barnes, 61, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Thursday at Florida State Prison in Starke
Former homicide investigator Paul Neske, who questioned Johnny Johnson, said Casey’s murder was more “violent and brutal than any case I’ve ever seen”
Before Casey White’s escape last year, he was already essentially serving a life sentence following multiple felony convictions in 2019
Johnny Johnson was convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl in 2002
“The justice that James Barber managed to avoid for more than two decades has finally been served,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said
Jemaine Cannon, 51, stabbed a woman to death with a butcher knife in 1995 after he escaped from a prison work center
Jemaine Cannon, 51, is set to become Oklahoma’s second executed death row inmate on July 20 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester
Anthony Sanchez is scheduled to be executed in September for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma dance student
On July 1, death by firing squad will become an approved back-up method of execution in Idaho
James Barber has asked a federal court to call off his lethal injection and rule that he is only allowed to die by nitrogen suffocation
Barry Lee Jones had spent 29 years behind bars for murder, child abuse and sexual assault convictions in the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter
Of the more than 290 people on Florida’s death row, Duane Owen was one of the longest held there
The 51 clemency applications came after a bill to abolish the death penalty failed during Louisiana’s legislative session
The AG’s Office challenged the credibility of the inmate’s psychiatric evaluation; saying medical records show his mental illness is managed through medication
Eight loved ones of correctional officers Jason Acton and Leon Egley attended the execution
Steven Petric turned down the possibility of one day being set free and instead wants to take his chances with a jury - again
Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection at 6:10 p.m. for killing two COs during a botched jail escape
Michael Tisius is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County Jail
Investigators believe Heather Leavell-Keaton and her boyfriend physically abused the children for years, locked them in closets and gave them little food
The delay comes after Michael Tisius’ lawyers claimed a juror in his 2010 resentencing could not read or write
The corrections commissioner said the prison system has also added medical professionals, ordered new equipment and conducted additional rehearsals
Michael Tisius was 19 years old when he murdered two Randolph County corrections officers during a botched escape attempt in 2000