Indiana Executes First Man Since 2007
An Indiana man that refused clemency was executed for the murder of estranged wife and two relatives in 1994. A spokesperson for the state’s Department of Corrections says that forty-nine-year-old Matthew Eric Wrinkles died from a lethal injection at 12:39 a.m. on Friday. Authorities say that Wrinkles was on methamphetamine when he burst into his [...]
Ohio Murderer Appeals Execution
A condemned murderer is scheduled to be the first person in the United States to be executed with a single drug – he has asked a federal appeals court to delay his execution. Kenneth Biros was sentenced to death for having killed and dismembered a woman he met in a bar in 1991. His execution [...]
Tennessee Executes Man who Killed Three in 1980
The man who spent almost thirty years on death row for killing three people while robbing a convenience store in Nashville in 1980 has been executed. The Tennessee Corrections Department reported that fifty-three-year-old Cecil C. Johnson Jr. was pronounced dead at 1:24 a.m. on Wednesday, at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. The victims of [...]
Victims, Relatives to Witness Execution of DC Sniper
John Allen Muhammed, forty-eight, is set to die by lethal injection in a Virginia prison on November 10th. He and his teenage accomplice are responsible for a string of shootings that left ten dead and three wounded. Several relatives and even some of those that survived his attacks will be witnessing his execution. Nelson M. [...]
Sniper’s Attorneys to Appeal Execution
Attorneys for the John Allen Muhammed, the mastermind behind the October 2002 sniping attacks, have planned to file an appeal with the Supreme Court to stop his execution. Muhammed has been scheduled to die via lethal injection on November 10th at a prison in Virginia. His attorneys say they plan to file the appeal on [...]
DC Sniper to Die Next Month
Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammed is set to be executed by lethal injection next month. Larry Traylor, spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Corrections, said that Muhammed declined to choose between lethal injection and electrocution, so the method according to state law defaults to lethal injection. Muhammed has been scheduled to be executed on November [...]
Ohio Fails to Find Doctors to Provide Execution Advice
The state of Ohio is having a difficult time finding medical professionals who will provide advice on how to put condemned inmates to death. Richard Cordray, Attorney General, said in a court filing that professional and ethical considerations have stopped doctors from giving advice on lethal injection procedure. The executions pending in Ohio have been [...]
Ga. Executes Man for Store Manager Killing
The man who shot and killed a pizza store manager during a robbery in 1994 has been executed by lethal injection. Mark Howard McClain was executed on Tuesday at a state prison roughly fifty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia, after he exhausted his appeals and his bid for clemency was rejected. He was pronounced dead [...]
Court Examines Ohio’s Injection Procedures
The failed execution of the Ohio inmate has caused a tremendous stir in the nation’s justice and corrections system – his execution was halted after technicians spent two hours trying to find a usable vein. This unprecedented failure has spurred a court in Ohio to examine the injection procedures used, and Governer Ted Strickland has [...]
Supreme Court asked to Stop Second Ohio Execution
The attorney for the Ohio inmate whose execution failed last week has asked the Supreme Court to halt the second execution, scheduled for Tuesday. The first execution was halted after two hours, because authorities failed to find a usable vein. The inmate Romell Broom was granted one week’s reprieve, but his lawyer argued that he [...]