Topic

Lethal Injection

639 published works

Sentencing Law and Policy March 24, 2011
Divided Kentucky Supreme Court upholds stay on executions in state
By Douglas Berman
Main March 24, 2011Divided Kentucky Supreme Court upholds stay on executions in stateAs detailed in this AP article, a "ban on executions in Kentucky may stay in place while a…
Sentencing Law and Policy March 22, 2011
Defense lawyers in three states urging DOJ to look into execution drug sources
By Douglas Berman
Main March 22, 2011Defense lawyers in three states urging DOJ to look into execution drug sourcesAs detailed in this AP article, "attorneys in Arizona and Kentucky joined a lawyer in…
Death Penalty March 17, 2011
Death Penalty Lethal Injection Crisis Continues: New Problems for Georgia
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Georgia has halted its execution schedule now that the federal government has swooped in and taken its stash of sodium thiopental. Seems that the Drug Enforcment Administration (DEA) believes that…
Sentencing Law and Policy March 16, 2011
“Drug Shortage Disrupts Lethal-Injection Mix”
By Douglas Berman
Main March 16, 2011"Drug Shortage Disrupts Lethal-Injection Mix"The title of this post is the headline of this new ABC News piece discussing both yesterday's new that the DEA has seized…
Sentencing Law and Policy March 15, 2011
“DEA seizes Georgia’s supply of lethal injection drug”
By Douglas Berman
Main March 15, 2011"DEA seizes Georgia's supply of lethal injection drug"The title of this post is the headline of this notable new article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the latest…
Death Penalty March 10, 2011
Don’t Let News of Illinois Abolishing Death Penalty Overshadow News of Ohio Using New Single Drug Execution Method
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Today, there is an understandably large amount of news coverage aboutthe state of Illinois abolishing the death penalty - with the Illinois governor waiting until the eleventh hour to make…
Sentencing Law and Policy March 10, 2011
Ohio completes first one-drug lethal injection with new execution drug
By Douglas Berman
Main March 10, 2011Ohio completes first one-drug lethal injection with new execution drugAs detailed in this AP article, "Ohio executed an inmate Thursday with only one drug, previously used primarily…
Death Penalty February 17, 2011
Tennessee Is Considering Using Pentobarbital in its Executions, the Drug Used to Put Down Pets
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Seems Tennessee can't find a supplier for its lethal injection executions using a three drug cocktail that includes sodium thiopental (guess they haven't called Besse Medical), so pentobarbital is apparently…
Sentencing Law and Policy February 17, 2011
Ohio completes long-awaited execution (and the seventh in six different states in 2011)
By Douglas Berman
Main February 17, 2011Ohio completes long-awaited execution (and the seventh in six different states in 2011)As detailed in this local article, Ohio got its machinery of death up and running…
Death Penalty February 12, 2011
U.S. Execution Schedule in 2011 and Tracking Stays on the Death Row Calendar
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Scheduling executions for various states in this country continues to be in flux, primarily due to this continuing problem of having Hospira exit the marketplace as the supplier of sodium…