Feeds
The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn't matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one — as his home state of Ohio has proposed — as long as the drug works efficiently. Complete Story...
New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists.
Russia's Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.
Here are some states where there have been recent high-profile challenges to the lethal-injection death penalty method:
An attorney for a condemned killer says Ohio's new lethal-injection plan is so untested it would amount to human experimentation if used for the first time next month.
Ohio's death chamber is set to resume executions next month using a single drug that has been used in the U.S. to euthanize pets but never to put condemned prisoners to death.
Ohio waded into uncharted territory Friday when it announced plans to switch from the usual three-drug cocktail used to execute inmates to a one-drug method that death penalty opponents praised as a step forward — albeit one that has apparently never been tried on prisoners.
The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the death penalty against an Ohio man who killed and mutilated a man he met in a gay bar in 1985, rejecting a claim that his lawyers erred during the sentencing phase of his trial.
Russia's Constitutional Court held hearings Monday on whether a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force next year.
Two Republican lawmakers advising Ohio's Democratic governor on changes to the state's lethal injection process say it shouldn't be hard to fix the system.
Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates. One botched execution and several lawsuits later, the death penalty is temporarily on hold.
Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates. One botched execution and several lawsuits later, the death penalty is temporarily on hold.
A man put to death in 2004 for killing his three children was "a monster," and suggestions that he may have been innocent are anti-death penalty propaganda, Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday.
His last hopes fading, a 30-year-old illiterate Gypsy laborer whose lawyers say was tortured into confessing to murder awaits his unannounced appointment with the executioner.
The Supreme Court has declined a challenge to the way the death penalty is imposed in Louisiana, rejecting an appeal by a woman convicted for her role in a brutal New Year's Day attack on a retired minister.
Ohio is considering injecting lethal drugs into inmates' bone marrow or muscles as an alternative to — or a backup for — the traditional intravenous execution procedure, a prisons department spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Officials in Kyrgyzstan called Wednesday for the death penalty to be reinstated and said public executions could be carried out, a sharp reversal that will likely draw international condemnation.
Japan executes mentally ill prisoners, some of whom are driven insane by harsh treatment while on death row, according to a report issued Thursday by Amnesty International.
Amnesty International called on Iraq Tuesday to stop executions, saying many death sentences were being handed down in court proceedings that do not meet international standards for fair trials.
Kenya's more than 4,000 death row inmates all will have their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, the president announced Monday, describing their wait to face execution as "undue mental anguish and suffering."
The number of prisoners put to death worldwide decreased in 2008, a human rights group said Wednesday, adding that China retained its position as the world's top executioner.
Legal experts and human rights activists are criticizing Egypt for an abrupt spike in death sentences in recent months, accusing the country's courts of trying to use capital punishment to stem a soaring crime rate.
Connecticut's governor has vetoed legislation that would have abolished the death penalty.
The nation's second-largest public defender's office has run out of money to represent dozens of people facing the death penalty and is asking judges to rule out the punishment or appoint private attorneys, officials said Wednesday.
As a director of a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was part of a three-person committee that equated capital punishment with racism.
I sat playing with my two year old while CNN was playing in the background during the Senate vote to bring the healthcare reform bill to the floor. Not the nail bitter I think it was made out to be, but interesting enough.
Texas Moratorium Network: Governor Perry Continues to Play Politics with Death Penalty Issue By Refusing to Accept Recommendation of BPP for Clemency for Robert Thompson"Rick Perry continues to play politics with the death penalty. He should have accepted the recommendation of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to commute the death sentence of Robert Thompson.
Ugandan MP Proposes Death Penalty for 'Aggravated Homosexuality' A person commits aggravated homosexuality when the victim is a person with disability or below the age of 18, or when the offender is HIV-positive.
Adjusting to life after death rowJohn Thompson spent 14 years on death row for crimes he did not commit. Convicted of killing New Orleans hotel executive Ray Liuzza, and for a carjacking weeks later, he was preparing to be sent to his death at the notorious Angola State Penitentiary in Louisiana - the largest m …
Hasan's TreasonOne word aptly describes Ft. Hood mass murderer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan: traitor.
2004 Execution Haunts Texas Governor's RaceBut the state's leading newspapers aren't buying his explanation. Their editorial pages have roundly condemned the governor's actions as arrogant.
The Associated Press: D.C. sniper Muhammad executed for 2002 attacksJARRATT, Va. — John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.
Prosecutors: Executing Dugan would be 'justice'The sentencing hearing for Brian Dugan for the rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico wound to a close today, with prosecutors insisting the death penalty "is justice" and defense attorneys countering that "blood doesn't wash blood away."
Bill aims to protect innocent from executionRep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) and six other representatives introduced a bill last week that would allow death row inmates to have the opportunity to present newly discovered evidence of innocence.
Iran: Three Men Await Execution for Alleged Homosexual Conduct When Children Three men accused in separate cases of committing homosexual acts when they were under age 18, have been sentenced to death by Iranian courts.
Illinois Prosecutors Don't Want To Know the TruthStudents have raised questions about the murder conviction of Anthony McKinney. In response, the state attorney's office issued a subpoena for the students' grades, grading criteria, expense reports, syllabi and e-mail messages.
Sheriff upset over inmate's stay of execution Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd unveiled a long sheet of paper, possibly 10 feet long. It hit the ground with a thud. The Sheriff's Office called it a "judicial slip and slide."
Saudi court upholds child rapist crucifixion rulingRIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi court of cassation upheld a ruling to behead and crucify a 22-year-old man convicted of raping five children and leaving one of them to die in the desert, newspapers reported on Tuesday
A 24 year old mother of three was shot and killed at a Chicago Halloween party held at a shoe store Saturday night.
By Thomas E. Brewton Some groups like the ACLU, who advocate abolition of the death penalty for murder or rape, enthusiastically endorse murder by abortion.
Screams, Flames Among Horrors of Botched US ExecutionsUS executions are meant to be clinical and humane, but for some they end up resembling medieval torture, complete with the smell of burning flesh, screams, and scenes so gruesome that witnesses faint.
New Mexico passes cases to feds when state laws not strong enough
More Strange Turns in Texas' Possible Execution of an Innocent ManTexas Gov. Rick Perry then came under fire earlier this month by refusing to reappoint three members of the Forensic Science Commission at a critical point in its investigation of the Willingham case.
Pardon for Uncles -- 94 Years LaterI know there are a lot of people who support the death penalty. I am not one of them because of stories like this.
US authorities urged to overturn death sentence after jury consulted BibleA clutch of jurors huddled in the corner with one reading aloud from the Book of Numbers: "The murderer shall surely be put to death" and "The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer."
Is Texas Gov. Rick Perry Trying to Get Away with Murder?Looks like it. It's starting to look more and more like Texas governor Rick Perry orchestrated an effort to thwart a state probe into an arson investigation that may have led to the execution of an innocent man.
U.S.: No death penalty in embassy bombingNEW YORK - The U.S. government has decided not to seek the death penalty against a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa.
EU in call to US on death penaltyThe European Union is to renew its call on the United States to abandon the "cruel and inhumane" practice of capital punishment. Speaking in Washington, high-ranking officials from the EU will challenge all countries - including America - still employing the death penalty to fal …
Keller case moving closer to resolution | Focal PointThe Commission on Judicial Conduct charged Keller with violating her duty as a judge and with bringing discredit upon the judiciary when she refused to keep the court open for an after-hours appeal by death row inmate Michael Richard in 2007.
Texas Forensics Board Gutted Ahead of Death-Penalty Case - TIMEThe Texas Forensic Science Commission evaluates forensics standards in a state that too frequently has been in an unwelcome spotlight on issues of crime and punishment.
Log In | Register
