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.
Michael Zack III, 54, was put to death for killing two women during a 9-day series of crimes in 1996
Sheriff Grady Judd: “I am glad he (Johnson) hasn’t enjoyed a day of freedom since then, but the truth is, he should have been executed by the State a long time ago.”
After a court ruling that the electric chair and lethal injection are cruel and unusual punishments, lawyers say the inmates want to know about the phenobarbital supply and efficacy
Prosecutors said Thursday that they would seek the death penalty
Officials proposed a single-drug protocol but did not release further details
Said that the company that sold state drugs had contracts with manufacturers prohibiting the chemicals from being sold for use in death penalty cases
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Featuring dozens of pieces from more than 20 artists in styles ranging from oil on canvas to pencil on paper, the show seeks to depict the lives, thoughts and emotions of those preparing to be executed
42-year-old Wayne Doty of Plant City wants to die as soon as possible, partly to attain what he has called “spiritual freedom”
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it impounded orders of sodium thiopental
Capital punishment still has strong support in the conservative state and is unlikely to be repealed soon
Gov. John Kasich has issued warrants of reprieve allowing the execution dates for 11 inmates scheduled to die next year and one scheduled for early 2017 to be pushed into ensuing years
Although support for capital punishment continues, states are struggling to find a legal means to carry it out
State Supreme Court found that lower-court judge overstepped by halting executions, but then granted its own stay
Prisoners are challenging the constitutionality of the state’s new secrecy law, saying they need information about where and how the state’s execution drugs were made
Rosario Rafael Burboa-Alvarez was sentenced Monday for first-degree murder in the 2010 death of Agent Brian Terry
Oklahoma’s attorney general has agreed to not request execution dates until 2016 as his office investigates why the state used the wrong drug to execute an inmate
Licho Escamilla was put to death for the fatal 2001 shooting of Christopher Kevin James
Licho Escamilla, 33, is scheduled for lethal injection Wednesday evening for the November 2001 death of Christopher Kevin James outside a Dallas club
Some justices questioned whether the state gives judges too much power to decide capital sentences
U.S. District Judge William Keith Watkins rejected the suggestion Thursday
Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen issued a stay for all eight of the state’s scheduled executions
Ohio sent a forceful letter to Washington asserting that the state believes it can obtain a lethal-injection drug from overseas without violating any laws
Justices on Thursday rejected a request by prosecutors to reconsider their landmark 4-3 decision in August
Ends a 10-month hiatus in death sentences imposed by juries in the nation’s most active capital punishment state
A judge’s ruling limits Montana to using one of three drugs in its lethal injections, but none of three is readily available for purchase
The proposed legislation would allow a hearing before trial on an offender’s mental illness and permit a judge to rule out the death penalty if severe mental illness is proven
The case before Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen on Wednesday comes two weeks before the first executions scheduled in Arkansas in nearly a decade
No late appeals were filed for Juan Martin Garcia, who was lethally injected for the September 1998 killing and robbery of Hugo Solano in Houston
Thirty-five-year-old Juan Martin Garcia is to be lethally injected on Tuesday
Washington-based Death Penalty Information Center estimates the state spends $46 million per year for prosecution, mitigation and appeal of death penalty cases
The latest troubles have death penalty opponents looking to the state to explain exactly how such a mistake could be made and even reconsider capital punishment entirely
One of the three drugs used to perform executions in Oklahoma is potassium chloride; it was nearly replaced by potassium acetate