Tag: Death Penalty

Beltway Confidential

Florida might soon execute an innocent man, reminding us why conservatives should oppose the death penalty

Hannah Cox · February 11, 2020 11:00 am

This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Okla. The Oklahoma House has approved legislation Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, to eliminate the electric chair as a method of execution, although it's been more than 50 years since the state's last electrocution. The bill lists which execution methods are allowed, including lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia, which causes death by depleting oxygen in the blood, firing squad and any other form not prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.

‘Unique request’: Death row inmate asks to be killed by firing squad

Zach Halaschak · January 13, 2020 4:57 pm

Japan hangs Chinese man in first execution of foreigner in a decade

Caitlin Yilek · December 26, 2019 11:19 pm

‘Two million voices saying listen to us’: Oprah calls on Texas governor to stop execution

Madison Dibble · November 7, 2019 3:37 pm

Authorities carry out the court-ordered amputation of the fingers of a convicted thief in a public square in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. The 29-year-old man was convicted for being part of a 10-member gang that carried out burglaries in the city and on charges of having âillegal relations,â according to the Mehr news agency. He was sentenced to the amputation of three fingers, the confiscation of his property and three years in prison. Iranâs legal system, based on Shariah, provides for amputation of limbs for theft. Mehr did not identify the man.

Iran chops off fingers of man found guilty of theft

Zach Halaschak · October 25, 2019 9:40 pm

In this Oct. 29, 2018 photo, a makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting at the in Pittsburgh.

Prosecutors seek death penalty for Tree of Life Synagogue shooting suspect

Zach Halaschak · August 27, 2019 3:09 pm

‘Just unjust’: Inmate released after 33 years on death row was kept in prison even after murder conviction was quashed

Zach Halaschak · August 22, 2019 9:53 pm

Utah death row inmate Ron Lafferty.

Utah man moves closer to being first person in a decade executed by firing squad

Zach Halaschak · August 13, 2019 1:46 pm

Texas state police cars block the access to the Walmart store in the aftermath of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

The death penalty would be just for the El Paso shooter

Kimberly Ross · August 5, 2019 3:14 pm

The execution chamber at the Washington State Penitentiary is shown with the witness gallery behind glass at right, in Walla Walla, Wash.

Beltway Confidential

The moral case for the death penalty

Jenna Ellis · July 30, 2019 10:49 pm

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during a candidates forum at the 110th NAACP National Convention, Wednesday, July 24, 2019, in Detroit.

Former death penalty proponent Biden flip-flops as federal cases advance

Jerry Dunleavy · July 29, 2019 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

The death penalty: Who decides?

David Davenport · July 26, 2019 4:38 pm