Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Nov 10, 2021
The United States Supreme Court heard argument November 9, 2021 to review Texas death-row prisoner John Henry Ramirez’s claim that the state’s refusal to allow his pastor to “lay hands” on him or…
Military
,Nov 10, 2023
In 2015, DPIC’s
United States Supreme Court
,Federal Death Penalty
,Oct 03, 2023
A recent analysis by Bloomberg Law
Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Upcoming Executions
,Sep 07, 2021
Texas death-row prisoner John Ramirez (pictured) is asking the United States Supreme Court to stay his September 8, 2021 execution, arguing that the state’s refusal to allow his pastor to pray out loud with him an…
Intellectual Disability
,Upcoming Executions
,May 27, 2022
The fates of two men subject to potentially imminent execution in Texas hang in the balance, as the state’s attorney general and one local prosecutor challenge the discretion of other key officials not to move forward with executi…
Representation
,Feb 02, 2017
A Texas federal appeals court has upheld the ruling by a U.S. district court judge to stay the execution of John Henry Ramirez, who had been scheduled to be executed in Texas on February 2. The Di…
Representation
,Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Oct 26, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has pushed back arguments in three death-penalty cases so it can expedite consideration of two cases involving Texas’ restrictive abortion statute. To hear argument in United States v. Texas and
Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Mar 25, 2022
On March 24, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed lower court orders that had denied a Texas death-row prisoner’s request for his pastor to touch him and audibly pray during his execution. In ruling for John He…
Upcoming Executions
,Sep 27, 2022
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA) has denied a stay of execution to a Texas man facing an October 5, 2022 execution date that was scheduled as a result of a death-warrant motion the local district attorney says was agains…
Apr 20, 2022
Days after his office asked to set an execution date for Texas death row prisoner John Ramirez, Nueces County District Attorney Mark Gonzalez (pictured) asked Ramirez’s trial court to withdraw the…
Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Executions Overview
,Sep 09, 2021
In an after-hours order issued on September 8, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court halted Texas’s planned execution of John Henry Ramirez and agreed to review his claim that the state’s refusal to allow his pastor to “la…
Methods of Execution
,Oct 24, 2023
In August 2023, Alabama released the first-ever execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, an untested execution method in which prisoners will be put to death by suffoca…
