Capital Punishment

Refurbished gas chamber Arizona plans to execute death row inmates again using an old gas chamber, despite criticism that the method of execution is excessively cruel and brutal. The State has rearranged the old gas chamber to ensure its operability, according to PBS. Prison officials said it would allow death …

Owner Amir Peay had big dreams selling James E. Pepper in Europe when he started producing these bottles four years ago. He rented space in a warehouse in Europe, setting up a whole new distribution system. But then Trump launched a series of trade fights with the European Union, which …

Governor Tom Wolf’s tenure – and, with it, his hiatus on executions – is fading, leaving Pennsylvania open to a resumption of executions in 2023, similar to that launched by the federal government in the twilight of Donald Trump’s presidency . Across the country, capital punishment is losing ground. Since …

WASHINGTON – Catholic Mobilizing Network is proud to announce the publication of Dignity and the Death Penalty: Evolution of Catholic Education, a small group resource created in partnership with RENEW International and based on the ideas of Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ, a strong advocate for the abolition of the death …

Although Trail has been sentenced to death, there is no guarantee that he will be executed due to a lack of lethal injection drugs in Nebraska. LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Aubrey Trail has become the 12th inmate on Nebraska death row for the murder and dismemberment of Sydney Loofe. Although …

Daily Decatur. June 6, 2021. Editorial: Ivey’s prison plan fails It’s back to square one for Alabama’s efforts to reform its crumbling prison system. Time was running out last week for Governor Kay Ivey’s plan to have new prisons built by private companies that the state would then lease and …

TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Next month, July 19 will mark the 45th anniversary of the arrival on death row of a man who from the start has proclaimed his innocence in the murder of his wife and family. The prosecutor for the state of Orlando, where the crime was committed, has …

LYNDHURST, Ohio – Danielle Williams couldn’t hold back tears as her son, Martez Thomas, 23, was shot dead in September 2018, the murderer of her son, Delvonte Philpotts, is finally set to be sentenced for the June 9 felony. Williams said Cuyahoga County Assistant District Attorney Kevin Filiatraut did a …

California’s evolution towards a cultural mix in the second half of the 20th century posed a lingering question: Can such a complex society achieve the broad social consensus that is a prerequisite for effective governance? The question can be applied to any specific problem that challenged the resolution. Two obvious …

Aubrey Trail faces death row or life in prison for the death and dismemberment in November 2017 of Lincoln store clerk, Sydney Loofe. CHRIS MACHIAN / THE WORLD-HERALD Journal Star Editorial Board The only way Aubrey Trail can get out of jail is in a coffin. Given the nature of …