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Federal judge finds Scott Panetti unfit to be executed by Texas
Scott Panetti, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia 35 years ago, was convicted of killing his wife’s parents in 1992 and sentenced to death in 1995 in
Death penalty states may have difficulty finding lethal injection medical equipment
The Intercept reports that four companies that manufacture medical equipment, including Baxter International Inc., B. Braun Medical Inc., Fresenius Kabi, and Johnson & Johnson, are
While we’re on the subject . . .
“Under the Eighth Amendment, execution by nitrogen is surely unusual because it has never been used as a method of execution in this country or
In brief: September 2023
Alabama South Carolina In Tennessee, the only woman on the state’s death row is asking to have her death sentence vacated. Christa Pike was 18
Two men, both initially sentenced to death, are exonerated after serving decades
Two men, one in Oregon and the other in Oklahoma, both initially sentenced to death, who spent a combined 73 years in prison, have been
Sponsors put two major California criminal justice bills on hold until next year
At least two moderate criminal justice reform bills stalled in the California legislature this month, a surprising development in a state perceived to be so
LA DA Gascón charges suspect in LA County sheriff’s deputy killing with murder
Almost immediately after being elected Los Angeles County District Attorney in 2020, George Gascón issued a “Death Penalty Policy” promising that his office would not
A man who spent 17 years on Oregon’s death row for a crime he didn’t commit is free
A man who spent 17 years on Oregon’s death row and 25 years in custody for a crime he didn’t commit was freed earlier this
Ohio legislators introduce a bipartisan bill to abolish the death penalty
Because it doesn’t have access to lethal injection drugs, Ohio’s last execution was in 2018. And now, a group of bipartisan legislators has introduced a
