Executions
Botched Executions
,Lethal Injection
,Nov 29, 2021
Alabama Death-Row Prisoner Doyle Hamm, Who Survived Botched Execution Attempt, Dies of Cancer
Alabama death-row prisoner Doyle Lee Hamm (pictured), whose botched executio…
Entries tagged with “Romell Broom”
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,United States Supreme Court
,Dec 13, 2016
As Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty Petitions, Justice Breyer Renews Call For Constitutional Review
In the span of one week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review petitions from six death row prisoners, denying them relief in their cases. The petitioners raised issues related to DNA procedures, conflict of counsel, a disputed guilty plea, ju…
Policy Issues
Intellectual Disability
,Lethal Injection
,Jun 29, 2020
Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of June 22, 2020
NEWS (6/26/20) — California: A California trial judge has accepted the January 29 recommendation by a Tulare County jury to sentence Hernan Rodriguez to death. The death sentence is the 12th DPIC is aware of so fa…
Executions
Upcoming Executions
,Botched Executions
,Apr 14, 2020
News Brief — Governor DeWine Puts Off Three More Ohio Executions, Citing Drug Unavailability
NEWS (4/14/20) — Ohio: Citing the continuing unavailability of lethal-injection drugs to carry out executions in the state, Governor Mike DeWine has issued reprieves postponing the executions of three more Ohio death-row prisoners.
Executions
Upcoming Executions
,Conditions on Death Row
,Dec 30, 2020
Romell Broom, Who Survived Botched Execution, Dies of COVID-19 on Ohio Death Row
Romell Broom (pictured), who survived a botched execution attempt in September 2009, has died on Ohio’s death row of suspected COVID-19 complications. He was 64 years old and had spent more than half his life on d…