Wow. Gathering together data from the Death Penalty Information Center as well as pre-1976 data from M. Watt Espy and John Ortiz Smykla, Time Magazine (hat tip to Chris Wilson, Emily Maltby and Lon Tweeten) has put together a really amazing compilation regarding the death penalty in America.
Go here to read, " Every Execution
Yesterday, the State of Georgia executed Brian Keith Terrell for the June 1992 killing of John Watson.
Terrell was convicted of murdering Watson after Watson demanded Terrell pay him back after Terrell forged some of Watson’s checks.
It was an execution by lethal injection. There are many who argue that Terrell was innocent of the
The 2015 American Values Survey by the Public Religion Research Institute has been released regarding capital punishment.
The researchers asked 2,695 Americans what they thought about the death penalty. (Click the above link to read the entire study.)
Here’s a great infographic from Death Penalty Information Center that summarizes the findings.
As discussed in our prior post, Terry Lenamon and the Florida Capital Resource Center he co-founded years ago work hard to help not only those facing the death penalty, but the lawyers out there who undertake the job of defending a capital case.
This means that the FCRC will provide seminars and training to Death
When I asked Terry what he thought about the recent Slate article, “ The Worst Lawyers: Death sentences are down across the country—except for where one of these guys is the defense attorney,” he said that what law professor Stephen Bright wrote twenty years ago is still true today: all too often, the death
Here’s the question: are controversies surrounding the drug or drugs used in lethal injection executions enough to halt capital punishment altogether? Even though there are other, legal methods of execution on the books?
Consider the following three examples of executions not going forward because of drug issues:
1. Missouri Execution Halted Over Pentobarbital Issue In
We’ve discussed this in prior posts, but lots of people forget that there are legal and SCOTUS-approved methods of execution on the books in Florida, Texas, and other states other than lethal injection.
Old Sparky Stands Ready
In Florida, execution by electrocution using an electric chair nicknamed "Old Sparky" remains a constitutionally acceptable method of
The Supreme Court of the United States just heard oral arguments in the Florida death penalty statute case Hurst v. Florida — go here to read the full transcript.
For details on the case as it proceeds before the High Court, check out SCOTUS blog.
There’s a new online resource for those interested in capital punishment and the death penalty here in the United States. It’s called The Next To Die.
New Death Penalty Online Resource: The Next to Die
The Next to Die is a site published by The Marshall Project (a non-profit news organization – more about The
Remaining Death Penalty Executions Scheduled for 2015
From the Death Penalty Information Center, here are the remaining executions that are scheduled in the United States for 2015:
October
14 TX Licho Escamilla
21 AR Bruce Earl Ward
21 AR Don William Davis
29 FL Jerry Correll
November
3 TX Julius