Arizona Governor Refuses to Carry Out Lethal Injection – Top State Court Stunned
On Friday, Arizona Governor, Katie Hobbs, announced that her administration would not be carrying out the execution of Aaron Gunches,…
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Federal Government Executes the First Prisoner in 17 Years
“You’re killing an innocent man,” said Daniel Lewis Lee-shortly before he was pronounced dead at 8:07 a.m. Tuesday, in the…
SCOTUS Will Hear Russell Bucklew Death Penalty Case
Summary: The Supreme Court agreed to hear a death penalty case which may cause "needless suffering" to the inmate. On…
Florida Holds First Execution of 2016
Summary: Florida has taken on the reins of getting the lethal-injection ball rolling in the United States by holding the…
Execution of Richard Glossip Scheduled for 1997 Murder
Summary: Desperately clinging to new evidence that has been uncovered, attorneys for Richard Glossip are trying to have his execution…
Missouri Ranks First for Executions Per Capita
Summary: Missouri may not be performing the most executions per year but when comparing it the population of the state,…
First Lethal Drug Execution since Glossip v. Gross
Summary: State lawyers and the US Supreme Court made it clear in the dismissal of Zink's appeals that citing Breyer’s…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules 5-4 in Favor of Death Penalty
Summary: Although midazolam has not been approved by the FDA for its usage in lethal injections, it is the only…
U.S. Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Is Constitutional
Summary: The Glossip v. Gross case over the use of midazolam in Oklahoma’s three-drug protocol concluded, with another close vote,…
A Horrific Serial Killer Finally Checked Out In Missouri…
Finally after almost three decades of a white supremacist serial killer’s memory of carnage, Joseph Paul Franklin is laid to…
“Baby Raper” Executed
On Sept. 29, 1998, Steve Smith raped his live-in girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter, Autumn Carter, while himself too drunk to know…
Morning Roundup
Today is Wednesday, November 11. At 11 am on November 11, 1918, all fighting stopped in World War 1 and…