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.
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
Judge rejected request to halt upcoming execution by challenging state’s refusal to disclose identity of its drug source
Refused an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose attorneys had demanded that state officials disclose the source of drugs intended to execute him
Texas Department of Criminal Justice is allowing fewer media outlets to attend executions
Will hear arguments that the country’s only survivor of a botched lethal injection would face cruel and unusual punishment and double jeopardy if the state again attempts to put him to death
A new cocktail containing the drug Brevital will be used in a three-step process for the death penalty in the state of Indiana
The Missouri attorney general is proposing to establish a lab where the state can make its own execution drugs
The Texas Department of Public Safety’s one-page letter was cited Thursday by the Texas Attorney General’s Office, which ruled state prison officials could keep its provider a secret
Texas can keep secret the name of its supplier for its execution drugs, the state attorney general determined after law enforcement argued that suppliers face serious danger
Delays executions scheduled for July and August while attorneys prepare filings about the state’s decision to boost the dosages of its lethal injection drugs
Texas department uses different protocol for lethal injections than the one used by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections last month in a botched execution
Group has started a petition on Change.org asking Gov. Bill Haslam to reconsider his support for the use of the electric chair
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill into law Thursday allowing the state to electrocute death row inmates in the event prisons are unable to obtain the drugs
What happens to inmate Russell Bucklew next will be up to other judges after the justices simply directed a lower court to take another look at the case
A jury in Marion County has once again voted to execute one of the longest-servinginmates on Oregon’s death row
U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday halted the execution of a Missouri inmate with a rare medical condition who challenged the state’s refusal to disclose the source of its lethal injection drug
Russell Bucklew was scheduled to be executed at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for the 1996 killing of a romantic rival
Two justices worried that confidentiality could lead to botched executions like the one in Oklahoma last month
A Missouri death row inmate scheduled to be the first person put to death in the U.S. since a botched execution in Oklahoma last month said he is scared the lethal drug could cause him to suffer or leave him alive but brain-dead
In the wake of a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma last month, a Utah lawmaker says he believes a firing squad is a more humane form of execution
Attorney: “If Missouri officials are confident enough to execute Russell Bucklew, they should be confident enough to videotape it”
Legislation that would block the public, criminal lawyers, state courts and other investigative bodies from finding out who supplies Louisiana with lethal injection drugs
Suit alleges that the corrections department is violating the Missouri Sunshine Law
Randy Geer will tell a story tonight to a gathering of death-penalty foes in Eugene
Federal appeals court halted a convicted Texas killer’s scheduled execution Tuesday so his attorneys can pursue appeals arguing he’s mentally impaired and ineligible for the death penalty
Robert James Campbell, 41, was convicted of killing a 20-year-old Houston bank teller
Pennsylvania hasn’t put anyone to death since 1999
The botched executions that occurred in Ohio and Oklahoma have many people questioning the legality of the death penalty
Some of the nation’s 32 death penalty states mandate doctor participation — including Oklahoma — but critics say what happened there proves a doctor’s presence can’t guarantee the process will go smoothly
In the wake of a botched execution in Oklahoma, attorneys for condemned Missouri prisoner Russell Bucklew asked Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday to suspend Missouri’s death penalty
Rep. Joe Lopinto asked members to support a version of his bill that would make it easier for the state to buy the drugs it needs to carry out the death penalty using lethal injection
