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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Lethal injection drug supply continuing to be an issue in new year
Main January 5, 2011Lethal injection drug supply continuing to be an issue in new yearMy local Columbus Dispatch has this article this morning about the continuing struggles for death penalty…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is the Obama Administration about to get the federal death penalty going again?
Main December 23, 2010Is the Obama Administration about to get the federal death penalty going again?The question in the title of this post is prompted by this intriguing new blog…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Oklahoma poised to complete last execution of 2010 with new drug in three-drug protocol
Main December 16, 2010Oklahoma poised to complete last execution of 2010 with new drug in three-drug protocolAs reported in this new piece on CNN, it appears that Oklahoma is about…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Tenth Circuit refuses to block Oklahoma’s planned use of new drug in execution protocol
Main December 15, 2010Tenth Circuit refuses to block Oklahoma's planned use of new drug in execution protocolAs detailed in this local article a federal circuit court has now "allowed Oklahoma…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio Supreme Court concludes state lacks post-conviction mechanism to challenge execution methods
Main December 2, 2010Ohio Supreme Court concludes state lacks post-conviction mechanism to challenge execution methodsAs detailed in this local article, a divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled today ruled that there…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“TN Supreme Court halts 4 executions over lethal injection questions”
Main November 30, 2010"TN Supreme Court halts 4 executions over lethal injection questions"The title of this post is the headline of this article in The Tennessean, which discusses a ruling…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“States ask Texas to supply ingredient for executions”
Main November 29, 2010"States ask Texas to supply ingredient for executions"The title of this post is the headline of this article in today's USA Today. Here are excerpts: As the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal district judges approves Oklahoma’s use of animal drug for execution
Main November 23, 2010Federal district judges approves Oklahoma's use of animal drug for executionAs detailed in this AFP piece, which is headlined "US court okays use of animal drug for…
Death Penalty
Will Executions Become The Same as Euthanizing Pets? In Oklahoma, They’re Arguing the Answer is Yes.
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Okay, we're aware that there is a national shortage of thiopental sodium, one of the three drugs legally okayed to be used in execution by lethal injection. The result has…
Death Penalty
Arizona Uses Foreign Drug in Execution of Jeffrey Landrigan With U.S. Supreme Court Okay
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
Two nights ago (on Tuesday), Arizona executed Jeffrey Landrigan by lethal injection after the United States Supreme Court (5-4) okayed going forward, even though there is a national shortage of sodium thiopental,…