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.
Antoinette Frank was convicted in the 1995 death of Officer Ronald Williams II during a robbery at a restaurant, where both officers sometimes moonlighted as security guards
Jedidiah Murphy’s plea about the safety of pentobarbital post-fire rejected by U.S. District Judge
Unsettling possibility of executing the innocent ignites discussion on pausing the death penalty despite its rooted support among state voters
Inmate scheduled to be executed for killing a 15-year-old Missouri girl has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his punishment
Colorado has executed just one person in nearly half a century, and only three people sit on its death row
District Judge James Bland denied the request from Benjamin Cole’s attorneys following a hearing in which Cole testified from a wheelchair
“Mr. Cole’s condition has deteriorated steadily since his conviction,” Federal Public Defender Susan Otto wrote in a court filing
Opponents said that the death penalty is beyond repair in Nebraska because of repeated legal challenges and expense to the state
Judge said the sedatives the state plans to use don’t align with what’s required by Mississippi law
Nebraskans for the Death Penalty said it had gathered 166,692 signatures from all 93 of the state’s counties
U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate issued a temporary restraining order saying Mississippi officials cannot use pentobarbital or midazolam
Richard Eugene Glossip is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Sept. 16 for the beating death of Barry Van Treese
Thursday’s ruling found capital punishment violates the Connecticut constitution, but the justices backed their decision by citing what abolitionists say are universal problems with the death penalty
Series of issues ranges from inmate logistics to appeals and staffing that state officials will have to grapple with since the landmark ruling
Three years after abolishing the death penalty, the state’s highest court spared the lives of all 11 men who were already on death row when the law took effect
The lethal injection was carried out after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals from his attorneys
Attorneys for Daniel Lee Lopez are taking their fight to halt the punishment to the U.S. Supreme Court
Daniel Lee Lopez has been trying to speed up his execution since being sent to death row five years ago
James Holmes will be sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury failed to agree Friday on whether he should get the death penalty
The actress is pushing for the public to write to the Okla. governor asking her to intervene and grant a stay of execution
Corey Jamaine Dozier, 35, has been charged with the first-degree murder of his 27-year-old girlfriend, Shelly Desravines
Richard Gerald Jordan was convicted in the 1976 kidnapping and killing of a Gulfport banker’s wife
State’s longest-serving death row inmate is suing over a drug cocktail he says could cause him great pain before he dies
Mass murderer Michael Eric Ballard’s death sentence will move forward now that the five-time killer has allowed his rights to further appeals to elapse
State officials have dangled the promise of secrecy before compounding pharmacies
Texas Court of Criminal of Appeals halted the scheduled lethal injection of Clifton Lamar Williams until questions about some incorrect testimony at his 2006 trial can be resolved
David Zink became the fifth man executed this year in Missouri and the 17th since November 2013
Attorneys for 55-year-old David Zink had appeals pending with St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court
Alleges the state uses an illegal prescription to obtain the execution drug pentobarbital from a compounding pharmacy, violating state and federal law
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in the case of three prisoners who filed suit over the heat
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set execution dates of Sept. 16 for Richard Eugene Glossip, Oct. 7 for Benjamin Robert Cole, and Oct. 28 for John Marion Grant
Florida has been executing death row prisoners at a faster rate than under any governor since the death penalty came back into use in 1977
The prison where Ohio carries out executions successfully applied for an import license