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.
Smith was set to die in 2022, but survived after workers couldn’t start an intravenous line for the lethal injection drugs before the state’s execution warrant expired
Lethal injections were put on hold after Alabama called off two due to difficulties establishing IV access and another execution was delayed because of IV line problems
The new law no longer requires unanimous jury recommendations for judges to impose death-penalty sentences
Jerry Martin, 43, has ordered no more appeals filed to try to stop his scheduled lethal injection Tuesday evening
State will end the year with 16 inmates put to death
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused an appeal from condemned inmate Duane Buck
Executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre for killing Gerald Gordon in a sniper shooting
Joseph Paul Franklin, 63, is scheduled to die at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday for killing 42-year-old Gerald Gordon in a sniper attack
Partisan political elections for the Alabama courts appear to be driving judges’ decisions to impose death sentences
Thomas Knight stabbed CO Richard Burke to death while in prison for two other murders
Joseph Paul Franklin, 63, is scheduled to be put to death at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday
Republican Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday postponed the execution so that medical experts can look into Phillips’ suitability as an organ donor
Request to donate organs was initially rejected by prison officials
Jamie McCoskey, 49, already was on a form of probation when he was arrested for the slaying of 21-year-old Michael Dwyer
Phillips was denied a last-minute request to donate his organs to his ailing mother and sisters
Forty-year-old Darius Kimbrough was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m.
Joining an effort to stop Missouri from executing his assailant
Public defender: Request to donate kidney and heart is not a delay tactic, but rather an attempt to make a final gesture for good
Ronald Phillips’ lawyers have been trying to stop the Nov. 14 execution
Ronald Phillips’ lawyers sued Oct. 31 to stop his execution on the grounds that Ohio had delayed the announcement of its policy so long it didn’t leave enough time to fully investigate the method
Michael Addison, 33, was convicted of gunning down Michael Briggs in 2006 as the 35-year-old Manchester police officer was attempting to arrest him
“It seemed kind of a disappointment. It was disappointing he harmed so many families, and he could go out so humanely. For everything he did, he gets the best solution”
Condemned child killer Ronald Phillips said the doctor could find only a vein on his right hand
The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced a new execution policy last month
Lawyers for death row inmate Ronald Phillips want his execution postponed to give them time to prepare arguments against new execution method
Convicted of murder and sentenced to death for the 1991 fatal stabbing of a business partner
The state will use an intravenous combination of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller, in the Nov. 14 execution of Ronald Phillips
55-year-old Billy R. Irick is to be executed Jan. 15
Mother of victim: “I think it was too easy”
The court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the appeal of Daniel Webb
Mo. DOC announced a plan to use lethal injections of the sedative pentobarbital
Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant Monday for 62-year-old Askari Abdullah Muhammad — formerly known as Thomas Knight
Last meals are a way to provide humane treatment in a dignified death-penalty procedure
