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.
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
Report: Inmate put to death during a prolonged execution experienced pain and suffering before he lost consciousness
Death row inmates Charles Frederick Warner, Richard Eugene Glossip and John Marion Grant are scheduled to die by lethal injection within a four-week period
The ruling by federal judge Gregory Frost will delay executions scheduled for September, October and November
Man had been sentenced to death for the attack on 24-year-old Melinda “Mindy” Griffin during a burglary of her Lake St. Louis condominium
Despite a shortage of lethal-injection drugs, two of the nation’s most active death penalty states have quietly carried on with executions by turning to pentobarbital
No one on the Supreme Court objected publicly when the justices voted to let Arizona proceed with the execution of Joseph Wood
Executioners injected him with 15 times the amount of a sedative and a painkiller between 1:53 p.m. and 3:45 p.m
For some, it’s enough to know that their loved one’s murderer was no more
Arizona execution highlights the patchwork quilt approach that states now take with lethal drugs
Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said lethal injection was a “dishonest” attempt to disguise the brutal nature of capital punishment
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says a federal judge in Idaho must reconsider whether a death row inmate is too mentally disabled to be executed
AG’s office asked to dismiss 21 death row inmates who are trying to halt any attempt to execute them with current state methods
A last-minute stay from a federal judge has put a Missouri inmate’s execution temporarily on hold
Eddie Wayne Davis was executed Thursday by injection at Florida State Prison at 6:43 p.m.
Eddie Wayne Davis, 45, is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison for his 1995 conviction
Judge is concerned that officials want to use same method that led to 26-minute-long execution in neighboring Ohio
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal for Donald Newbury
21 inmates seek to halt any attempt to execute them using the state’s current lethal injection protocols
Florida has executed a man who fatally stabbed his wife and her young son in 1985
Some death penalty states appear unfazed by the recent furor over how the U.S. carries out lethal injections
There is less mystery to the high court process than one might think
A Missouri inmate was put to death early Wednesday for killing two St. Louis County women in 1996, marking the state’s fifth execution this year
First person to be executed in the U.S. since the botched lethal injection of a prisoner in Okla. in April
Fifty-nine-year-old Marcus Wellons’ execution by injection is set for Tuesday evening
Lawsuits allege state is using execution drugs obtained without a valid prescription and is violating his civil rights
Stay of execution ordered over concerns that DOC meddled with clemency process
Shielding interviews conducted with 20 prison employees involved in January execution of an inmate who repeatedly gasped and snorted
Judge has granted a stay of execution for death row inmate John Winfield, less than a week before his scheduled execution
SCOTUS ruled that IQ test scores cannot be used to determine if someone is intellectually disabled
Wants to explore giving condemned prisoners the option of death by firing squad, hanging or the electric chair
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