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.
Steven Petric turned down the possibility of one day being set free and instead wants to take his chances with a jury - again
Michael Tisius, 42, died by lethal injection at 6:10 p.m. for killing two COs during a botched jail escape
Michael Tisius is scheduled to die by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Leon Egley and Jason Acton at the Randolph County Jail
Ohio said it’s boosting dosages of lethal injection drugs even as it stands by January execution of an inmate who made snorting and gasping sounds that led to a civil rights lawsuit
Inmate was executed only a few miles from the farm where prosecutors say he orchestrated the 1993 killing of a couple whose cows he wanted to steal
New Hampshire’s Senate has voted to leave intact the state’s centuries-old death penalty
A man convicted of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend, her young son and her mother 13 years ago at a home in Corpus Christi was executed by Texas prison officials
Republican Greg Abbott, the favorite to succeed Gov. Rick Perry, must soon make a decision as attorney general that could disrupt the nation’s busiest death chamber
Ramiro Hernandez-Llanas, 44, was lethally injected in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville
A federal judge is allowing a lawsuit to move forward that challenges Missouri’s refusal to provide the name of the pharmacy where it acquired the drug for executions
An Associated Press survey of the 32 death penalty states found that the vast majority refuse to disclose the source of their execution drugs
If those officials are investigating the threats as a serious risk to the safety of the pharmacies or their employees, they refuse to acknowledge doing so
Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, was the first inmate to be injected with a dose of newly replenished pentobarbital
Federal appeals court threw out a ruling requiring Texas prison system to disclose more information about where it gets lethal-injection drugs
The news from the state’s lawyers comes 10 days after Oklahoma increased the number of ways it can carry out executions
State prison agency remains determined to keep its supplier a secret, citing threats of violence to pharmacies that sell drugs used in lethal injections
Flynt, the iconic publisher of the pornographic magazine Hustler, tried to intervene in a Missouri death penalty case in November
Texas’ new supplier of execution drugs will remain a secret — at least for now
Texas has executed a man convicted in the robbery and slaying of a woman attacked while delivering food to his parents’ home 11 years ago
Do not have to disclose to the public
Decision to dismiss was made after AG’s office and the agency provided information sought about drugs
Position that supplier of execution drugs should be kept secret is being challenged by attorneys for two inmates
A man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 17-year-old girl in suburban St. Louis more than two decades ago was executed Wednesday
Scheduled to die by injection at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for raping and killing a 17-year-old girl in 1989
Another bill for worker’s comp for hypertension, heart disease also failed
Executed for killing two female co-workers by beating them with a hammer and setting them on fire during a robbery at a fabric store where they worked
Texas has obtained a new batch of the drugs it uses to execute death row inmates
A former San Antonio rap musician has been executed for a knife attack and robbery that left a recording studio owner dead
Prisons agency says a quirk in the law prevents the state from switching to electrocution or firing squad
Judge said DNA evidence would not have changed a jury’s 2002 decision to convict him of killing a CO
Physician with relationship with DOC bought former prison for half price and stands to make millions with it
Delaware has 17 condemned prisoners facing the death penalty, but no means of executing any of them
A Missouri inmate was executed early Wednesday for abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager as she waited for her school bus in 1989
