On Monday, United States Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens s Justice Stevens called the Georgia Supreme Court’s review of appeals in capital punishment cases "faulty" and "superficial," and stated that the Court’s practices resulted in the "arbitrary or discriminatory" imposition of the death penalty, as reported in the Atlanta Journal & Constitution. Justice Stevens… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Capital Punishment RSS FeedGeorgia Tries to Lead Nation in Executions Following Baze v. Rees
Posted in Capital Punishment, PunishmentThe Supreme Court placed a seven month moratorium on executions leading up to its decision in Baze v. Rees. Following Baze, Georgia became the first state to execute using lethal injection on May 6, William Earl Lynd, who had murdered his girlfriend two decades earlier. Samuel David Crowe would have been executed on May… Continue Reading
Georgia Man First to Be Executed Following Baze v. Rees
Posted in Capital PunishmentIn its decision in Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. ___ (2008) last month, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the Kentucky Supreme Court that Kentucky’s lethal injection protocol, which involved the administration of four drugs: Valium, which relaxes the person; sodium thiopental, which renders the person unconscious; Pavulon, which stops the… Continue Reading