“As one of the first death sentences under the new law, Jurek’s case would become a test case, playing a key role in both the nationwide rise of the death penalty and Texas’s place at the center.”
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Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Quotes
You’re On Death Row, You’ve Asked to Die, But the State Won’t Kill You
Despite their hard-stance bluster, death penalty states rarely impose the ultimate sentence, even if you’re the prisoner and you ask them to.
Posted inCurrent Events, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
Arkansas’ Capital Punishment Spree: ‘It Ain’t Gonna Work on Some of Them’
The state prepares to kill seven men this month with a soon-to-expire supply of lethal injection drugs.
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Arkansas’ Tradition of Assembly-Line Killing
Arkansas plans to execute seven people by lethal injection this month — with an untested, nearly-expired drug.
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The Death Penalty on Display
At The Texas Observer, Robin Ross writes on the rise of dark tourism — the macabre fascination with the Huntsville’s Texas Prison Museum — site of America’s first lethal injection.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Death Penalty on Display
At The Texas Observer, Robin Ross writes on the rise of dark tourism — the macabre fascination with the Huntsville’s Texas Prison Museum — site of America’s first lethal injection.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Another Supreme Court Death Penalty Ruling, Issued 43 Years Ago Today
In a headline-making decision issued earlier today, the Supreme Court ruled against three Oklahoma death row inmates in Glossip v. Gross, upholding the use of a sedative called midazolam for lethal injections. Interestingly, Glossip v. Gross isn’t the first time the court has issued a major death penalty decision on June 29. 43 years ago today, the Supreme Court issued another 5-to-4 […]