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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio planning to use new three-drug execution protocol to get its machinery of death operative in January 2017
Main October 3, 2016Ohio planning to use new three-drug execution protocol to get its machinery of death operative in January 2017Long-time readers and/or hard-core death penalty fans perhaps recall that…
Death Penalty
Constitutional Protection for Pharmacy Supplying Missouri Execution Drugs?
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
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…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is Ohio again about to pioneer a new execution method?
Main September 11, 2016Is Ohio again about to pioneer a new execution method?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this Columbus Dispatch article from last week…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Eighth Circuit Refuses to Set Aside Order that Missouri Disclose Its Execution Drug Suppliers
Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued its decision in In re: Missouri Department of Corrections. The case involves a subpoena that two Mississippi death…
Death Penalty
Louisiana Executions on Hold for Now
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
The problem with lethal injection executions these days is that demand exceeds supply. In a big, big way. Louisiana Death Penalty On Hold Because of Drug Supply for Lethal Injections…
Ohio Appellate Insights
More Food for Thought on the Death Penalty.
For those of you interested in lethal injections and the death penalty (see, e.g. State v. Broom, Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-1028, and this blog post analyzing the Broom decision), I…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Reviewing the state and future of lethal injection as execution method
Main May 24, 2016Reviewing the state and future of lethal injection as execution methodLincoln Caplan has this New Yorker piece headlined "The End Of The Open Market For Lethal-Injection Drugs,"…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Hey Prez Candidate Kasich: why can’t you figure out the formula to make capital punishment work (as it does in Georgia and Texas)?
Main April 24, 2016Hey Prez Candidate Kasich: why can't you figure out the formula to make capital punishment work (as it does in Georgia and Texas)?The question in the title…
Sentencing Law and Policy
An interesting perspective on Virginia’s recent capital experiences
Main April 17, 2016An interesting perspective on Virginia's recent capital experiencesVirginia made capital headlines last week after Gov. Terry McAuliffe altered a bill passed by the state's legislature calling for…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Taking stock of how the continued lack of lethal drug stocks is altering execution dynamics
Main April 13, 2016Taking stock of how the continued lack of lethal drug stocks is altering execution dynamicsThe folks at The Marshall Project have this effective new review of the…