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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Might judicial estoppel continue to preclude Ohio from moving forward with a three-drug lethal injection protocol?
Main June 14, 2017Might judicial estoppel continue to preclude Ohio from moving forward with a three-drug lethal injection protocol?As previously noted here, today is the day for the Sixth Circuit…
Death Penalty
Lethal Injection Drugs: SCOTUS Dissent Questions Midazolam
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
The thing about lethal injection is that it's an execution method usually built around a combination of drugs. And those drugs might not be the same. Indiana 3-Drug Combo Voided…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Alabama carries out second execution in as many weeks using midazolam as first lethal injection drug
Main June 9, 2017Alabama carries out second execution in as many weeks using midazolam as first lethal injection drugA couple of weeks ago, as noted here, Alabama carried out the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Alabama finally carries out death sentence for Thomas Arthur
Main May 26, 2017Alabama finally carries out death sentence for Thomas ArthurAs reported here by CNN, "Alabama executed death row inmate Tommy Arthur early Friday after a lengthy court battle…
Drug & Device Law
Texas’s Challenge to the FDA’s Authority
Executions by lethal injection are in the news. Arkansas recently executed four inmates in just eight days. One of the drugs that it uses for its three-drug lethal injection protocol…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio Gov Kasich officially pushed back nine executions as lethal injection litigation comes before en banc Sixth Circuit
Main May 1, 2017Ohio Gov Kasich officially pushed back nine executions as lethal injection litigation comes before en banc Sixth CircuitAs noted in this post, last week the en banc…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Arkansas completes fourth execution in a week, but not without apparent problems
Main April 28, 2017Arkansas completes fourth execution in a week, but not without apparent problemsAs reported in this new NBC News article, the "lawyer of a convicted killer who was…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sixth Circuit to review en banc Ohio’s execution protocol … on a pace likely to preclude executions for at least a few more months
Main April 26, 2017Sixth Circuit to review en banc Ohio's execution protocol ... on a pace likely to preclude executions for at least a few more monthsAs indicated in this…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Six months after voting to speed executions, is California really getting any closer to carrying out death sentences?
Main April 23, 2017Six months after voting to speed executions, is California really getting any closer to carrying out death sentences?The question in the title of this post is prompted…
Sentencing Law and Policy
After Monday stays, Arkansas officials seemingly on path to complete next pair of scheduled executions… OR NOT, as updated below….
Main April 19, 2017After Monday stays, Arkansas officials seemingly on path to complete next pair of scheduled executions... OR NOT, as updated below....As reported in this new AP piece, "two…