In an hourlong botched execution Feb. 28, prison authorities at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution failed to find a vein to kill Thomas Creech by lethal injection. The 73 year old was stabbed eight times but the executioners were unable…
The first-ever execution by nitrogen gas suffocation was carried out Jan. 25 when Kenneth Eugene Smith writhed in pain as he was put to death in Alabama’s Holman prison. “When they turned the nitrogen on he began to convulse,” Rev.…
The state of Alabama has set Jan. 25 for the execution of death-row prisoner Kenneth Eugene Smith, slated to suffer the first execution in the country by suffocation from nitrogen gas, despite the fact that appeals in the case are…
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska would become the fourth state in the U.S. where prisoners subject to the death penalty would be suffocated to death by forcing them to breathe pure nitrogen gas under a bill introduced here by State Sen.…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled May 5 to block the state of Oklahoma from executing death row inmate Richard Glossip. The execution had been scheduled for May 18 after the state’s Pardon and Parole Board voted 2-2 on his appeal…
On Dec. 13 outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commuted the death sentences of all 17 prisoners sentenced to be executed in the state. “I have long believed that justice is not advanced by taking a life, and the state should…
In a victory for South Carolina death row prisoners and opponents of the death penalty, Richmond County Court Judge Joselyn Newman issued an injunction Sept. 6 that bars the state from executing inmates by firing squad or the electric chair.…
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered prison authorities to carry out the execution of death row prisoner James Coddington at the state penitentiary in McAlester Aug. 25. He did so after denying an Aug. 3 recommendation of clemency from the state…
An unprecedented number of executions were set by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals July 1, looking to put to death 25 of the state’s 43 death-row prisoners starting this August through 2024, almost one death per month. Dates were…
When Carl Wayne Buntion was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, April 21, his lawyers said it violated the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting “cruel and unusual punishment.” The 78-year-old prisoner was confined to…
