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.
Investigators believe Heather Leavell-Keaton and her boyfriend physically abused the children for years, locked them in closets and gave them little food
The delay comes after Michael Tisius’ lawyers claimed a juror in his 2010 resentencing could not read or write
The corrections commissioner said the prison system has also added medical professionals, ordered new equipment and conducted additional rehearsals
Mo. has found a new supplier of its execution drug, days before convicted killer Michael Taylor is scheduled to be put to death
State corrections official who stands beside condemned inmates as they take their last breaths in Fla.'s death chamber recently pulled back the veil on what has largely been a very secretive execution process
Lake Forest, Ill.-based Hospira Inc. says it manufactures the drugs, the sedative midazolam and the painkiller hydromophone
DOC says it planned to go ahead with execution of Michael A. Taylor on Feb. 26, though access is cut off to sedative planned for lethal injection
Nation’s shortage of execution drugs is becoming increasingly acute as more pharmacies conclude that supplying the lethal chemicals is not worth the bad publicity and the legal and ethical risks
Unclear whether the agreement will prevent or delay the lethal injection
Phenomenon started 9 years ago when EU banned export of products used for execution, citing its goal to be “leading institutional actor and largest donor to fight against death penalty”
A federal judge put a moratorium on Missouri’s death penalty
Ruling prohibits Tulsa-based Apothecary Shoppe from selling pentobarbital to the Missouri Department of Corrections
Juan Carlos Chavez, 46, was pronounced dead at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison
A federal judge has temporarily blocked an Oklahoma pharmacy from providing an execution drug to the Missouri Department of Corrections for an upcoming lethal injection
Director: DOC protects identities of executioners and pays them in cash for good reason
Placed Okla. at forefront of national debate over capital punishment and constitutionality of drugs used in lethal injections
Gregory Lott was sentenced to death for setting an 82-year-old man on fire during a break-in and leaving him to die
Records request asked for information regarding the state’s lethal injection protocol
Clash between DOC and ACLU as to secrecy of lethal injection drug-supplying pharmacy continues to be fought in court
Reviews found that state’s execution policy was followed and execution and medical team members did what they were supposed to
Suzanne Basso became the 14th woman executed in the U.S. since capital punishment’s reinstatement in 1976
Would become the only state where a death-row prisoner could be forced in some circumstances to be electrocuted
If 59-year-old Suzanne Basso is lethally injected as scheduled, the New York native would be only the 14th woman executed in the U.S. since the Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume in 1976
While Missouri says it’s perfectly legal to carry out executions before all appeals are exhausted, legal experts say the practice is rare
Union also calls for the prison system to introduce privileges such as work assignments, streaming television and technology such as computer tablets
Herbert Smulls mouthed a few words to his two witnesses, who were not identified, then breathed heavily twice and shut his eyes for good
Washington state will allow witnesses to executions to see the entire process, including the insertion of intravenous catheters during a lethal injection
Lawyer focused on te state’s refusal to disclose name of compounding pharmacy that produces lethal-injection drug
Death row inmate Dennis McGuire may have misunderstood an attorney’s request that he truthfully communicate what was happening to him during the Jan. 16 lethal injection
Oklahoma has no plans to review its lethal injection protocol even though two inmatesexecuted this month complained as the drugs began to flow through their bodies
Attorney investigated for potentially coaching the condemned to fake symptoms of suffocation
Lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past: firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers
DOC’s argument won, saying that identifying pharmacy that supplies execution drugs could make it more difficult to carry out executions
