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• Executions Decline in U.S. for Third Straight Year

  Figures released by the Death Penalty Information Center indicate thirty-seven (37) executions took place in the United States during 2008. This is the lowest number in 14 years. A partial explanation for the decrease is the informal moratorium on executions... Posted Dec 12 2008, 09:43 AM by CC Pro with Filed under: Supreme Court, Public Opinion, Statistics, Capital punishment

• U.S. Urged to Halt Execution of Five Mexican Nationals by World Court

  The International Court of Justice , also known as the World Court, has requested the United States halt the execution of five Mexican nationals on death row in Texas until their cases can be further reviewed. Mexico is arguing that the U.S. is in defiance... Posted Jul 16 2008, 12:32 PM by CC Pro with Filed under: Legal issues, International, Capital punishment

• Supreme Court Rules on Lethal Injection Method

  The most common method used in lethal injection executions in the United States has been upheld by the Supreme Court . A constitutional challenge was made regarding the State of Kentucky's use of the three drugs that sedate, paralyze and, finally... Posted Apr 16 2008, 02:03 PM by CC Pro with Filed under: Legal issues, Supreme Court, Capital punishment

• New Jersey Abolishes Capital Punishment

  The State of New Jersey has become the first state in over 40 years to abolish the death penalty . The eight men currently on death row will have their sentences commuted to life without parole. Executions have been on hold in the U.S. pending a decision... Posted Dec 17 2007, 11:47 AM by CC Pro with Filed under: Supreme Court, Capital punishment

• Executions by Lethal Injection May Be Halted Until Supreme Court Rules

  The Supreme Court will decide, before its scheduled July recess, the question of whether the mixture of "three drugs used to sedate and kill prisoners has the potential to cause pain severe enough to violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual... Posted Nov 01 2007, 08:39 AM by CC Pro with Filed under: Legal issues, Supreme Court, Capital punishment

• Execution of Mentally Ill Murderer Blocked in Texas

  The execution of a man convicted of killing his in-laws in the presence of his wife and young daughter was blocked by a divided Supreme Court on the basis of "a severe documented illness that is the source of gross delusions." Article here. Posted Jun 29 2007, 09:24 AM by CC Pro with Filed under: mentally ill, Capital punishment