Sep 11, 2019

Saying that ​“suf­fo­ca­tion does not qual­i­fy as ​‘severe pain and need­less suf­fer­ing,’” a fed­er­al appeals court in Ohio has ruled that the state’s three-drug exe­cu­tion pro­to­col does not vio­late the con­sti­tu­tion­al pro­hi­bi­tion against c…

Aug 23, 2019

The tur­moil sur­round­ing Ohio’s death penal­ty con­tin­ued to grow as pub­lic health experts crit­i­cized a legislator’s sug­ges­tion that the state use seized drugs to car­ry out exe­cu­tions and the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representati…

Aug 19, 2019

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform announced on August 14, 2019 that it has launched an inves­ti­ga­tion into the Department of Justice’s plan to 

Aug 01, 2019

Ohio can­not obtain drugs to car­ry out exe­cu­tions with­out putting pub­lic health at risk, Governor Mike DeWine (pic­tured) announced on July 31, 2019. DeWine told reporters that phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal man­u­fac­tur­ers are unwill­ing to sell the state drugs for e…

Jul 25, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced its intent to adopt a new fed­er­al exe­cu­tion pro­to­col using a sin­gle exe­cu­tion drug and has issued death war­rants set­ting exe­cu­tion dates for five fed­er­al death-row pris­on­ers. In a 

Jul 05, 2019

A Kentucky tri­al court has issued an order declar­ing the Commonwealth’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. It was …

Jun 25, 2019

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the unseal­ing of court doc­u­ments relat­ed to Alabama’s May 31, 2019 exe­cu­tion of 

Jun 17, 2019

Citing ​“egre­gious” mis­con­duct by state prison offi­cials in try­ing to evade a court order to pro­duce pub­lic records con­cern­ing its efforts to obtain lethal-injec­tion drugs, an Indiana judge has direct­ed the state’s Department of Co…

May 16, 2019

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an advi­so­ry mem­o­ran­dum declar­ing that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ​“lacks juris­dic­tion” to reg­u­late exe­cu­tion drugs, includ­ing enforc­ing fed­er­al laws that …

May 08, 2019

A two-week fed­er­al tri­al on the con­sti­tu­tion­al­i­ty of Arkansas’s lethal-injec­tion pro­to­col came to a close May 2, 2019, as the par­ties pre­sent­ed legal argu­ments to the court after eight days of tes­ti­mo­ny. U.S. District Judge Kristi…