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.
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
Investigation into inmate Clayton Lockett’s execution yielded 11 recommended changes to the state’s execution protocol
Executions are on hold until February because of challenges to the method
Will seek execution of man accused of beheading co-worker in fit of rage after being suspended from his job
Revised after an April execution went awry and became a focal point in the national debate over whether or not the death penalty is cruel or unusual punishment
Attorneys for 55-year-old Mitchell Willoughby say in court filings that U.S. District Judge David Bunning erred in rejecting the appeal last month
Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for a man convicted of killing a gas station attendant
Ralph Leroy Menzies was convicted of the 1986 kidnapping and murder of Maurine Hunsaker
Concerned Okla. will not be able to implement new guidelines and training for executions before three inmates are scheduled to die this fall
Already challenging Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol
A Texas woman convicted of the starvation and torture death of her girlfriend’s 9-year-old son a decade ago was executed Wednesday evening
A federal judge is set to hear arguments filed by 21 Oklahoma death row inmates seeking to block their executions
“Do what you gotta do. I pretty much dare you to give me the death sentence because I’m innocent.”
Wants to stop the state from carrying out the lethal injection, saying that the drugs to be used in the process violate state law
Willie Trottie’s execution was carried out about 90 minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last-day appeals
Earl Ringo Jr. declined to take any sedative, including midazolam
Missouri is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing two people while robbing a Columbia restaurant in 1998
The executions would be the eighth this year in both states
DOC is expected to implement the new recommendations to make sure future executions are carried out correctly
Group is refuting criticism that they engage in delay tactics and other methods
Gov. Mary Fallin: New procedures to improve Oklahoma’s execution process must be implemented before the state resumes putting prisoners to death by lethal injection
Missouri’s written one-drug execution protocol allows only for use of pentobarbital
Mother of an Indiana college student killed nearly 17 years ago says it is time for the man convicted of her murder and rape to be executed.
The executions of Dennis McGuire, Clayton Lockett and Joseph Wood have brought a difficult subject into the limelight
An Indiana State Prison inmate serving 95 years for murder wants to be put to death, but a judge turned down his request on Monday
Corrections department has been busy with other issues, including questions over the early release of some inmates
An anesthesiologist said he would no longer act as an expert witness for states defending their lethal injection methods
Ohio prison officials were concerned years before Dennis McGuire’s troubled execution in January that the drug combination they were considering would result in “the condemned gasping for air in a hyperventilating fashion”
Paying four times more for its execution drugs from a new supplier
The surveillance camera videotapes have never been made public and their existence was known only to corrections officials
Hospital alleges that it did not know what the state intended to use the drug for, but also declined to ask
