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Ohio death penalty moratorium report [ABA]
Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems: The Ohio Death Penalty Assessment Report, An analysis of Ohio's Death Penalty Laws, Procedures, and Practices. American Bar Association, September 24, 2007 . Read the full text of t (More) |
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North Carolina medical board can't discipline execution doctors: judge
The North Carolina Medical Board does not have the authority to discipline doctors that participate in state death penalty procedures, a state judge ruled Friday. Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens held that state requirements that (More) |
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Federal judge rules Tennessee lethal injection procedure 'cruel and inhumane'
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Tennessee's execution procedures constitute "cruel and unusual" punishment, derailing plans to execute a death row inmate next week. US District Judge Aleta Trauger held that revised death penalty (More) |
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Mexican drug lord pleads guilty in US federal court
Mexican drug lord Francisco Javier Arellano Felix pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the Southern District of California Monday to running a continuing criminal enterprise and conspiracy to launder money. Prosecutors alleged that Arellan (More) |
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China cracking down on illegal land transfers
China has increased its efforts to stop illegal land transfers and punish government officials responsible for illegal land title transfers, an official from the Law Enforcement and Supervision Bureau under the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources (More) |
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China high court puts new limits on capital sentences
China's Supreme People's Court handed down anticipated new guidelines for capital punishment cases Thursday, saying that swift executions should only be imposed on people who have committed heinous crimes, with "ironclad evidence tha (More) |
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China executes bank official for taking bribes, embezzling money
A Chinese bank official convicted of corruption was executed [Peoples Daily report] Tuesday for taking bribes and embezzling the equivalent of almost $2 million USD. Wen Mengie, the former IT head of the Beijing branch of the Agricultural Bank of Ch (More) |
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Tennessee conducts first execution by electric chair in 47 years
Tennessee executed a condemned man by electric chair on Wednesday, the first execution by electrocution in the state since 1960. Daryl Holton, who confessed to the 1997 murder of his three sons and their half-sister, chose to be electrocuted [Shel (More) |
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Former Philippines president sentenced to life in prison for corruption
Ousted Philippines president Joseph Estrada was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after being convicted on "plunder" charges stemming from kickbacks he received while in office. Plunder was formerly a capital offense, but the Phili (More) |
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Florida judge rules Diaz execution 'painless, humane'
A Florida Fifth Judicial Circuit judge ruled Monday that the December 2006 execution of Angel Diaz [AI profile; JURIST news archive] was not "botched," as previously alleged by a medical examiner. According to autopsy reports, Diaz endur (More) |
First execution by guillotine in France
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.
Learn more about the history of the guillotine.
