Ohio senators pass lethal injection drug bill
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Ohio lawmakers on Thursday rushed to pass a lethal injection law meant to restart executions even as prosecutors who want a condemned child killer executed in February…
Criminal punishment
Mo. Supreme Court denies Franklin’s appeal
By JIM SALTER FILE – In this Monday, Oct. 19, 1998, file photo, Joseph Paul Franklin sits in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court where jury selection was set to begin…
Judge won’t stop condemned Ohio killer’s execution
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS In this undated photo released by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Ronald Phillips. Phillips, a death row inmate who raped and killed his girlfriend’s…
LEGAL CHALLENGES OF NEW OHIO EXECUTION DRUG LIKELY
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS FILE – In this November 2005 file photo, the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility is seen through glass from the witness room, in Lucasville,…
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR PROPOSES $315M PRISON FIX
By DON THOMPSON Gov. Jerry Brown, center, discusses a proposal to reduce California’s prison population, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. In response to…
W.VA. DELEGATE FIGHTING TO REINSTATE DEATH PENALTY
By DAVID GUTMAN This image provided by West Virginia Legislative Services shows Del. John Overington, R-Berkley, In Charleston, W. Va. The 2013 legislative session marks the 27th consecutive year that…
MD. POISED TO BE 18TH STATE TO BAN DEATH PENALTY
By MICHELLE JANAYE NEALY and BRIAN WITTE FILE – Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley attends the National Governors Association 2013 Winter Meeting in Washington, in this Feb. 24, 2013 file photo.…