The constitutional prohibition of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but ...
Idaho has made history by becoming the first state in America to adopt a controversial execution method as its primary form ...
A group of Tennessee Republican senators is urging the governor to commission an independent review of a failed execution and ...
In a letter to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, members of the senate expressed serious concerns regarding a failed execution of ...
The senators said they support the death penalty but are concerned about what they called the state’s failure to carry out a ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Austin Sarat, Amherst College (THE CONVERSATION) Tennessee set out to execute Tony ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Carruthers, who was sentenced to death for a 1994 triple murder, survived his date ...