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On Wednesday, the state executed Quintin Jones, 41, for the Tarrant County murder of his great-aunt in 1999.

Credit Statehouse News Bureau Faith leaders are urging lawmakers to consider two bills to repeal the death penalty in Ohio, a state that used to be a leader in capital punishment but has now gone more than three years without an execution under Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports. DeWine has said the state cant get the lethal injection drugs it needs, so the legislature needs to decide what to do. That’s given advocates against capital punishment rene...

“Because I was so close to Bert, her death hurt me a lot. Even so, God is merciful. Quintin can’t bring her back. I can’t bring her back. I am writing this to ask you to please spare Quintin’s life,” Long wrote in a letter that was part of Jones’ clemency petition with the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The board voted 7-0 on Tuesday to deny the petition and Gov. Greg Abbott was not expected to go against the board’s decision. Abbott has granted clemency to only one death ro...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly

Updated 3 hours ago The states electric chair is 109 years old. JEFFREY COLLINS COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause. 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 executi...

South Carolina’s last execution took place in May 2010, and its batch of lethal injection drugs expired in 2013.

Nigeria is one of the many Nations of the world where Capital Punishment still holds sway. Despite calls by many proponents for the abolition of Capital Punishm

State lawmakers approved a bill that will require condemned inmates to choose between dying in the electric chair or by a firing squad if lethal injection drugs arent available.

"The Fate of Lethal Injection: Decomposition of the Paradigm and Its Consequences" The title of this post is the title of this new article by multiple authors now available on SSRN.  Here is its abstract: This article examines the use of lethal injection from 2010-2020.  That period marks the "decomposition" of the standard three drug protocol and the proliferating use of new drugs or drug combinations in American executions.  That development is associated with an increase in the number and...

Nevada Death Row Inmate Wants Execution By Firing Squad: Is It Allowed? KEY POINTS A Nevada death row inmate prefers a firing squad over the states three-drug lethal injection, his lawyers say State law, however, requires death by capital punishment to be inflicted by lethal drug injection This comes as Nevada lawmakers discuss banning the death penalty in the state A convicted killer in Nevada is asking to be executed by firing quad instead of the states protocol of lethal injection, but can ...