Nov 09 Oklahoma board recommends the governor spare the life of a death row inmate who argued self-defense By Sean Murphy, Associated Press The board voted 3-2 on Wednesday to recommend that Gov. Kevin Stitt spare the life of Phillip Dean Hancock. Hancock was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2001 shooting deaths after an argument at a home in south Oklahoma City. Continue reading
Sep 19 After a 12-year pause, South Carolina secures drug to resume lethal injections By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press South Carolina has had an unintended moratorium on the death penalty ever since its lethal injection drugs passed their expiration date and pharmacies refused to sell the state more because they could be publicly identified. Continue reading
Jan 02 Missouri inmate may be 1st openly transgender woman executed in U.S. By Jim Salter, Associated Press On Tuesday, Amber McLaughlin could become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants her clemency. McLaughlin, who killed a former girlfriend in 2003, began her transition while in prison. Continue reading
Nov 21 Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection By Jay Reeves, Associated Press The move came just days after the uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months. Continue reading
Nov 11 Japan minister quits over execution remark By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has delayed his departure for three upcoming summits in Southeast Asia to sack and replace his justice minister, who was widely criticized over a remark he made about capital punishment. Continue reading
Jul 18 Prosecutor in Parkland shooter trial argues for execution By Terry Spencer, Associated Press A prosecutor says the gunman who attacked the high school in Parkland, Florida, in 2018 should be executed because he killed his victims in a cold and calculated manner. Continue reading
May 11 Arizona executes first prisoner since 2014 By Paul Davenport, Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 has been executed after a nearly eight-year hiatus in the state's use of the death penalty brought on by a previous execution critics say was botched and the difficulty… Continue reading
Nov 09 U.S. Supreme Court considers Texas case about religious rights during executions By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Tuesday about a Texas death row inmate's demand that a chaplain be allowed to pray out loud and touch him during his execution. Continue reading
Nov 21 Federal judge temporarily halts first federal execution in 16 years By Colleen Long, Associated Press Executions on the federal level have been rare. The government has put to death only three defendants since restoring the federal death penalty in 1988. Continue reading
Jul 25 Watch 5:46 Federal executions to resume, despite falling public support for death penalty Attorney General William Barr has announced that the federal government will resume enforcement of the death penalty. No federal executions have occurred since 2003, in the face of increasing litigation over the constitutionality of the punishment. Amna Nawaz talks to… Continue watching