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The Death Penalty

Americans readily characterize themselves as being 'for' or against the death penalty. But how much do they really know about capital punishment?

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8 Stories

  • October 2008

    • Texas Steps Up Executions to Clear Logjam

      Associated Press  |  Oct 24, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      Texas Steps Up Executions to Clear Logjam

      (AP) - A dozen condemned inmates in Texas's "death watch" cells are being executed at a scheduled rate of two a week through November. The executions relieve a logjam created when the US Supreme Court effectively halted lethal injections while deciding whether the method was unconstitutionally inhumane. It ruled the method constitutional, and executions resumed. More »

  • September 2008

    • Supreme Court Stays Execution of Georgia Man

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Sep 23, 08 8:45 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Stays Execution of Georgia Man

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for a Georgia man only two hours before he was scheduled to die tonight, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Troy Anthony Davis has been on death row since 1991, when he was convicted of killing an off-duty police officer. Seven of nine key prosecution witnesses have since recanted their testimony, and his family and supporters have called for a new trial. More »

    • Ga. Won't Stay Execution Despite Witness Reversals

      Atlanta Journal-Constitution  |  Sep 23, 08 9:18 AM CDT

      Ga. Won't Stay Execution Despite Witness Reversals

      (Newser) - A man sentenced to die tonight in Georgia is looking to the US Supreme Court after the state’s parole board and top court rejected clemency yesterday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Troy Anthony Davis was convicted in 1991 for murdering a police officer, but seven prosecution witnesses have since recanted testimony, leading to calls for his sentence to be commuted to life in prison. More »

    • Con Wins Death Stay in Judge Affair Appeal

      ABC News  |  Sep 10, 08 11:48 AM CDT

      Con Wins Death Stay in Judge Affair Appeal

      (Newser) - A Texas death-row inmate who filed an appeal alleging that an affair between the judge and prosecutor compromised his trial has been granted a stay of execution. But, ABC News reports, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals approved Charles Dean Hood's request based not on the affair but because of a problem with jury instructions during his trial for murder and robbery. More »

    • Death Row Con Wins Hearing Over Courtroom Hanky Panky

      ABC News  |  Sep 5, 08 7:33 AM CDT

      Death Row Con Wins Hearing Over Courtroom Hanky Panky

      (Newser) - A condemned Texas inmate has won a hearing to decide whether his lawyers can question the judge and prosecutor at his capital case trial about an alleged affair the two were having while the proceedings were unfolding, ABC News reports. A former county DA filed a sworn statement last year saying the affair was "common knowledge" at the time. More »

  • August 2008

    • Texas Defies UN, Executes Killer

      Houston Chronicle  |  Aug 6, 08 2:33 AM CDT

      Texas Defies UN, Executes Killer

      (Newser) - A Mexican national convicted of raping and murdering two girls was executed in Texas yesterday in defiance of an international court. Attorneys for Jose Medellin, 33, had argued that authorities violated an international treaty when Medellin was denied access to Mexican consular officials after his arrest, reports the Houston Chronicle . The United Nations world court ordered a hearing on the issue 4 years ago, but Texas officials refused.    More »

    • Ohio Killer: I'm Too Fat to Execute

      The Columbus Dispatch  |  Aug 5, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Ohio Killer: I'm Too Fat to Execute

      (Newser) - A convicted killer and rapist on Ohio's death row is arguing in a lawsuit that he's too fat to be humanely executed. Lawyers for Richard Wade Cooey claim the 5'-7", 275-pound inmate is morbidly obese, and veins suitable for lethal injection would be difficult to find, reports the Columbus Post Dispatch. More »

  • July 2008

    • Well Executed?

      Failure Magazine  |  Jul 30, 08

      Capital punishment is typically regarded as a black-and-white issue: If you're a supporter it's "right," if you're an opponent it's "wrong." Considered in the abstract, the death penalty seems a perfectly reasonable punishment for those convicted of committing the most heinous crimes. But ...

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Mug shot of Carlos De Luna, executed by the state of Texas in 1989.
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