This week, the State of Oklahoma announced that it is forgetting all about lethal injections because it has not been able to get the necessary toxic drugs to use for executions.
Gas Chamber in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s going back to nitrogen. That’s right. The gas chamber will be the method of execution in the State of
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to consider the case coming out of Texas, where Death Row inmates petitioned SCOTUS to review their claims that Texas’ use of pentobarbital in lethal injection executions is cruel and unusual punishment.
Seems Texas has a stash of pentobarbital that it got from a
The thing about lethal injection is that it’s an execution method usually built around a combination of drugs. And those drugs might not be the same.
Indiana 3-Drug Combo Voided by Indiana Court
For example, in Indiana the drug combination protocol established by the Indiana Department of Corrections was: (1) methoexital; (2) pancuronium bromide; and
In Mississippi (and elsewhere), the lethal injection method of execution is so problematic these days that state governments are considering the return to past methods of killing people in capital punishment sentences.
Firing Squad
The Mississippi legislature had been considering the firing squad. Read, "Mississippi considers firing squad as method of execution," for
The State of Missouri is buying its lethal injection drugs from a pharmacy. The identity of that supplier is a secret.
Does Pharmacy Have Constitutionally Protected Speech Over Products It Sells?
The supplier has provided the drugs used in 16 executions in the State of Missouri.
Mississippi Death Row inmates have a court fight going
This week, Pfizer banned the use of its drug products in U.S. executions — or anywhere else for that matter. Pfizer isn’t setting precedent here, as much as getting in line behind almost two dozen other drug manufacturers that have already announced a company ban on the capital punishment market.
Pfizer Bans Use of Seven
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
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its ruling in Glossip v. Gross . Many thought that the possibilities ranged from (1) outlawing the use of the single drug midazolam; (2) outlawing the lethal injection method of execution in all forms; or (3) reconsidering capital punishment entirely.
Few were ready for
Executions need executioners. One of the challenges to the lethal injection method of execution in the United States involves the drugs used in the process, and we post about those controversies (and the arguments being made in various courts) regularly.
However, another serious concern regarding injecting drugs into a human being in order to carry
Right now, the Supreme Court of the United States is considering several cases dealing with capital punishment and how the death penalty is to be carried out in this country.
It’s getting to the end of the 2015 Term for the High Court, which means that we may expect some opinions to come down before