Capital punishment
Jim and Doug discuss whether or not such a policy targeting “large-scale drug dealers” might become a judicial quagmire
Jim and Doug sit down with author Alex Gerould to discuss how “The Valley of the Shadow of Death” came to be and what lessons it offers for readers
Lethal injection is the default method of execution in South Carolina; inmates may also choose electrocution
Said that sentencing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death “could bring years of appeals and prolong reliving the most painful day of our lives”
Kent Sprouse, 42, became the fifth convicted killer put to death this year in Texas, the nation’s most active death penalty state
42-year-old faces lethal injection Thursday evening — more than a decade after he gunned down Ferris Police Officer Marty Steinfeldt
Gov. Jerry Brown is asking the California Legislature for $3.2M to open nearly 100 more cells for condemned men at San Quentin State Prison
Utah lawmakers say they took a pragmatic approach in approving the firing squad as a form of execution if lethal-injection drugs aren’t available
Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law approving the method’s use when no lethal injection drugs are available
Executed Tuesday after U.S. Supreme Court and state’s governor declined to spare the 74-year-old attorneys claimed was mentally incompetent
If the governor signs the measure, Utah would become the only state to allow executions by firing squad if there is a drug shortage
Oklahoma would become the first state to allow the execution of inmates using nitrogen gas under bill
Rep. Paul Ray argues a team of trained marksmen is faster and more humane than the drawn-out deaths that have occurred in botched lethal injections
A three-time convicted robber who helped engineer the biggest prison break in Texas history was executed Wednesday evening
Attorneys for 52-year-old Donald Newbury are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his Wednesday evening lethal injection
Prosecutors will appeal a judge’s ruling that they cannot use a coerced confession man gave to police while high on heroin
Stephon Carter took a plea deal and avoided the death penalty in the 2011 slaying of Officer Scotty Richardson
A man who fatally shot a sheriff’s deputy who stopped him for speeding on a Georgia interstate was put to death Tuesday for the 1998 killing
State prisons agency also said it will again allow the use of an anesthetic that it used from 1999 through 2011
Lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to allow the practice again to avoid problems with lethal-injection drugs
Prosecutor has filed formal notification that he’ll seek the death penalty against a man accused of beheading a woman at a food processing plant
Clayton Lockett’s troubled execution on April 29 prompted Gov. Mary Fallin to halt all upcoming executions until a review she’d ordered was completed.
Prison officials violated the First Amendment when they prevented reporters from viewing portions of the botched execution of a death row inmate earlier this year, two news organizations claim in a federal lawsuit
Announcement Thursday came after U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney ruled last month that the state’s death penalty takes too long to carry out
A prosecutor filed court papers Tuesday seeking the death penalty against a man charged with murder in the killing of an officer during a shootout in an alley
Prison agency in the nation’s busiest death penalty state paid $13,500 for its most recent batch of pentobarbital at a cost of $1,500 per vial, compared to $350 per dose last year
Federal judge has extended a moratorium on executions in Ohio into next year as questions mount about the effectiveness of a new, two-drug combination
A third execution by lethal injection has gone awry in six months, renewing debate over whether there is a foolproof way for the government to humanely kill condemned criminals
The execution of 55-year-old Joseph Rudolph Wood took so long that his lawyers had time to file an emergency appeal while it was ongoing
Lawsuit seeks to halt any attempt to execute inmates using the state’s current lethal injection protocols
Executions on hold for 2 1/2 months after federal judge allowed more time for arguments over the state’s new lethal injection procedures
Twelve years after barring execution of the mentally disabled, the Supreme Court on Tuesday prohibited states in borderline cases from relying on test scores to determine inmate eligibility
