Topic
Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of litigation leading to lots of uncertainty as Arkansas execution dates arrive
Main April 17, 2017Lots of litigation leading to lots of uncertainty as Arkansas execution dates arrive This CNN article, headlined "Arkansas inmate has last meal as courts decide fate," reports…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is Arkansas really going to carry out seven (uneventful?) executions over the next two weeks?
Main April 14, 2017Is Arkansas really going to carry out seven (uneventful?) executions over the next two weeks?The question in the title of this post is a slight variation on…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Cruel Techniques, Unusual Secrets”
Main April 8, 2017"Cruel Techniques, Unusual Secrets"The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by William Berry and Meghan Ryan now available via SSRN. Here…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Sixth Circuit panel uphold injunction blocking Ohio lethal injection protocol
Main April 6, 2017Split Sixth Circuit panel uphold injunction blocking Ohio lethal injection protocolA split Sixth Circuit panel today In re: Ohio Execution Protocol, No. 17-3076 (6th Cir. April 6,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Arkansas trial judge finds it “more than shameful” that state Supreme Court ruling required dismissal of condemned inmates suit over lethal injection
Main March 30, 2017Arkansas trial judge finds it "more than shameful" that state Supreme Court ruling required dismissal of condemned inmates suit over lethal injectionAs reported in this local article,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Focused look at midazolam as the latest (but not greatest) execution protocol drug
Main March 16, 2017Focused look at midazolam as the latest (but not greatest) execution protocol drugEarlier this week, the New York Times had this extended article about a recent development…
Death Penalty
Firing Squad, Gas Chamber, Electrocution for Executions?
By Terry Lenamon / Reba Kennedy
In Mississippi (and elsewhere), the lethal injection method of execution is so problematic these days that state governments are considering the return to past methods of killing people in capital…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Arkansas Gov signs proclamations that could lead to eight executions in less than two weeks in next month
Main March 1, 2017Arkansas Gov signs proclamations that could lead to eight executions in less than two weeks in next monthThere has so far been only four executions nationwide in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Justice Sotomayor (joined by Justice Breyer) authors lengthy dissent to denial of cert in Alabama lethal injection protocol challenge
Main February 21, 2017Justice Sotomayor (joined by Justice Breyer) authors lengthy dissent to denial of cert in Alabama lethal injection protocol challengeThis morning, the US Supreme Court got back to…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ohio Gov forced to delay scheduled executions yet again due to lethal injection ltigation
Main February 11, 2017Ohio Gov forced to delay scheduled executions yet again due to lethal injection ltigationAs this local article reports, "Gov. John Kasich has delayed eight scheduled executions because…