The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/capital-punishment/)
Scott Dozier, a twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection, was found dead in his death-row prison cell from an apparent hanging.
The death-penalty case of four people accused in the 2016 slayings of a southern Ohio family is expected to become one of the state’s most expensive legal fights, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars
The use of the death penalty remained near historic lows in 2018, with 25 executions and 42 death sentences expected, according to a report released Friday by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC).
Florida executed Jose Antonio Jimenez, 26 years after he viciously stabbed a woman to death during a burglary. It was the fifth execution in the state since the lethal injection protocol was changed.
Texas murderer Alvin Braziel was put to death despite an 11th-hour admission of prosecutorial misconduct at his trial 17 years earlier. It was the 13th and last execution in Texas this year.
David Earl Miller, 61, was the longest-serving inmate on Tennessee’s death row. A federal appeals court refused to delay the execution because Miller and other inmates had filed suit challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection and the electric chair.
Joseph Garcia, a member of the “Texas 7” who was involved in a brazen prison break-out nearly two decades ago, was executed after a slew of last-minute appeals.
States are concealing controversial information regarding the use of illegally imported drugs, questionable drug sources, and unqualified executioners, says a report released by the Death Penalty Information Center.
The justices debated on Tuesday a constitutional way to execute Missourian Russell Bucklew, who has a rare medical condition. New Justice Brett Kavanaugh questioned the state’s attorney sharply.
The death row inmates filed suit after Tennessee carried out an execution by electric chair. Only three other states allow firing squads.