Tennessee Death Row Prisoners Challenge State’s New Lethal Injection Protocol over Risk of Torturous Executions
NASHVILLE, TN – Nine men on death row in Tennessee have filed a legal challenge against the…
Louisiana Governor to Restart Executions Using Nitrogen Gas
BATON ROUGE, LA – After a 15-year hiatus, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has announced his administration’s intent…
Judge Rules Lethal Injection Constitutional, Avoids Firing Squad Debate
ATLANTA, GA – A federal judge here last week ruled against a Georgia man on death row,…
Alabama Executes Kenneth Smith Using Nitrogen Gas, Igniting Debate Over Cruelty and Ethics
By Jenna Tooley MONTGOMERY, AL— In a controversial turn of events, the state of Alabama executed…
Experimental Nitrogen Hypoxia Used for First Time in U.S. to Kill Man at State Execution
By Julie McCaffrey ATMORE, AL — Kenneth Smith, 58, who took part in a murder-for-hire scheme in…
Three Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit against Texas for Planning to Use Expired Execution Drugs in Upcoming Executions
By Rena Abdusalam AUSTIN, TX – If it goes through with its upcoming executions, Texas will allegedly…
Alabama Execution Halted Amid Legal Battles, Struggle to Access Inmate’s Veins
By Michael Apfel and Hannah Adams ATMORE, AL — Alabama Department of Corrections last week cited an…
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Orders All Scheduled Lethal Injection Executions Temporarily Halted through 2022
By Gracy Joslin NASHVILLE, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Monday temporarily halted the lethal injection of…
Arizona Judge Rules in Defendant’s Favor to Stop Future Execution.
By Alex Klimenko PHOENIX, AZ – Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Brutinel Monday vacated, and refused…
Proposed Lethal Injection Regulations Flawed
By Linda Lye and Ana Zamora On Nov. 6, 2015, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation…
Lethal Injection Déjà Vu?
by Ana Zamora Last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made public proposed regulations…
Eye on the Courts: Can We Acknowledge the Wood Execution Was Botched?
In the hours that followed the execution of Joseph Wood, Governor Jan Brewer would issue a statement…
Eye on the Courts: Wrong Us, Shall We Not Revenge?
It was years ago I read about an individual who was put under anesthesia but was fully…
Eye on the Courts: Reality of Wood’s Execution Confirms Kozinski’s Critique of Lethal Injection
Two days after Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, in dissent, unloaded one of the most powerful, poignant, and…
Judge Kozinski Unloads Blistering Critique of Lethal Injection
On Monday, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Arizona’s request for a rehearing…
