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Amnesty calls for Arkansas to stop executions
Amnesty International (AI) released a statement on Thursday calling for Arkansas to halt the execution of eight death row prisoners. Arkansas has scheduled these execution to take place within short time spans of each other in order to beat the ex (More) |
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Mississippi Supreme Court rules drugs used in executions can remain undisclosed
The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled to keep the identification of drugs used in executions a secret in a 7-2 ruling Thursday. The lawsuit was brought against the Mississippi Department of Corrections by the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justic (More) |
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AI: China continues to lead world in executions
Amnesty International (AI) released its annual report on global use of the death penalty Tuesday, saying China continues to use the punishment more than any other country. The group says the exact number of executions committed in China in 2016 ca (More) |
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Pakistan military court sentences India naval officer to death
A Pakistani military court on Monday sentenced Kulbushan Jadhav [The Hindu backgrounder], an Indian naval officer who was detained in Pakistan for the past year, to death. The court handed down [Times of India report] the death sentence after findin (More) |
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Appeals court upholds Ohio injunction on lethal injection
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against Ohio's lethal injection process. The court ruled that the only question before them was whether the lower court abused its discretion in allowing the injuncti (More) |
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The Execution Methods Crisis
JURIST Guest Columnist William W. Berry III of the University of Mississippi School of Law discusses the constitutional questions and unclear future of the death penalty ... The State of Mississippi legislature has recently passed a bill to amend it (More) |
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Race to Death: A Critical Look at the Death Penalty as Arkansas Executes Eight
JURIST Guest Columnist Valena Beety of West Virginia University College of Law, discusses the impending Arkansas execution of eight people in ten days ... The state of Arkansas plans to execute eight people across ten days this April. Arkansas will (More) |
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Tennessee Supreme Court upholds death penalty
The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the state's lethal injection protocols in a unanimous opinion. The court found that death row inmates failed to show that the current protocol violates their constitution right against cruel and unus (More) |
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Arkansas judge rules executions can proceed
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen on Tuesday dismissed a complaint from eight individuals scheduled for executions in Arkansas next month. Griffen granted the state's motion to dismiss the amended complaint, finding that he had no jurisdi (More) |
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Supreme Court blocks Texas execution over intellectual disability
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in Moore v. Texas that the factors considered by Texas in determining a defendant was not intellectually disabled do not comport with the Eighth Amendment or court precedent. The case arose when Petitioner Bobb (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
