Entries tagged with “Justin Jones”
Executions
Aug 24, 2026
Article of Interest: Law Review Article Considers the Human Cost of Execution Work
In her forthcoming article in the *U.C. Irvine Law Review*, Professor Alexandra L. Klein argues that the effect of executions on the people who carry them out has been largely overlooked in both legal scholarship and constitutional doctrine. If the state chooses to execute someone, she writes, someone must perform the killing, and the psychological consequences deserve a central place in conversations about cruelty under the Eighth Amendment. The author argues…
Conditions on Death Row
,Dec 05, 2024
Hidden Casualties: Executions Harm Mental Health of Prison Staff
In March, Oklahoma officials asked the state’s high court to increase the time between executions from 60 to 90 days, citing the“lasting trauma” and“psychological toll” of executions on corrections officers. But Judge Gary Lumpkin dismissed these concerns, telling officials that prison staff needed to“suck it up” and“man up.” A few weeks later, Brian Dorsey was executed in Missouri after the governor ignored the pleas of an unprecedented 72 corrections…
Research
Religion
,New Voices
,Upcoming Executions
,Aug 23, 2022
Oklahoma Executes James Coddington As Prison Director, House Speaker Call for Clemency and Faith Leaders Urge Halt to Scheduled 25-Prisoner Execution ‘Blood Bath’
Oklahoma executed James Coddington (pictured, right, at his clemency hearing) on August 25, 2022, after Governor Kevin Stitt rejected the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation of clemency, greenlighting the start of what one faith leader described as a 25-prisoner“bloodbath.” Stitt’s denial of clemency came as leaders across Oklahoma had been urging the governor to commute Coddington’s sentence. Former…