Topic
Lethal Injection
639 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Tracking the execution rate as lethal injection scrummages rage on
Main October 17, 2006Tracking the execution rate as lethal injection scrummages rage onFrom Missouri (where a federal judge has now again rejected the state's revised lethal injection protocol), this article…
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Regulating executions in California
Main October 5, 2006Regulating executions in California This Los Angeles Times article, entitled "The Chaos Behind California Executions," provides highlights from the four days of hearings last week in federal…
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A lethal hearing (in the wrong place?)
Main September 27, 2006A lethal hearing (in the wrong place?)Howard here at How Appealing has collected some of the media coverage of the first day of the trial in federal…
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Lots and lots of lethal headlines
Main September 25, 2006Lots and lots of lethal headlinesAs always, there is lots of media coverage and commentary on a variety of recent death penalty developments. Here is just a…
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Supreme Court denies stay inHill
Main September 20, 2006Supreme Court denies stay in HillAs Lyle Denniston reports here, a split Supreme Court this afternoon "refused to delay the execution in Florida of Clarence E. Hill,…
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Will Florida execute Clarence Hill today?
Main September 20, 2006Will Florida execute Clarence Hill today?Almost exactly nine months ago, at roughly 6pm on January 24, 2006, Clarence Hill was strapped to a gurney and IV lines…
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Will Clarence Hill get another SCOTUS ex machina?
Main September 18, 2006Will Clarence Hill get another SCOTUS ex machina?I am not betting that the Supreme Court will intervene again to keep the state of Florida from executing Clarence…
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Big week for execution protocols
Main September 18, 2006Big week for execution protocolsA few executions scheduled for this week should bring still more attention to state execution processes.In Tennessee, as detailed in this AP story,…
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California’s inspiring execution team
Main September 16, 2006California's inspiring execution teamIt seems that whenever the curtain hiding lethal injection procedures is pulled back, what we discover is even less inspiring than the Wizard of…
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Up and down theHillagain
Main September 15, 2006Up and down the Hill againClarence Hill won a big battle a few month ago: in early June (as detailed here and here and here), the Supreme…