New law in South Carolina makes inmates choose electric chair or firing squad
South Carolina had been one of the most prolific states of its size in putting inmates to death. But a lack of lethal injection drugs brought executions to a halt.
U.S. executes 2nd man in a week; lawyers said he had dementia
The Supreme Court early Thursday cleared the way for a second federal execution this week.
Judge halts second federal execution amid claims inmate isn’t mentally fit
Wesley Ira Purkey, convicted of a 1998 kidnapping and killing, was scheduled for execution Wednesday at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death Tuesday after his eleventh-hour legal bids failed.
Judge orders new delay on federal death penalty hours before execution in Indiana
Daniel Lewis Lee, of Yukon, Oklahoma, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 4 p.m. on Monday at a federal prison in Indiana.
The expected executions, scheduled for this winter, would be the first time the federal government has executed anyone in 16 years.
The Justice Department says five inmates will be executed, starting in December.
The Supreme Court said Monday that Missouri can execute an inmate who argued his medical condition will result in severe pain if he is given death-causing drugs.
The fight for Davis’ life escalated through a series of appeals and counter arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court late Monday. Without knowing if the court would offer an opinion, prison personnel preemptively served him his last meal.
Legislators in at least seven states have proposed bills this year to prohibit the death penalty for people who suffered from a serious mental illness at the time of their crime.
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