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Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Oklahoma Prisoner’s Execution Was Expedited by the Trump Administration by John Hanson, 61, received a three-drug lethal injection on the morning of June 12, 2025, and was pronounced dead by 10:11 a.m., reported USA TODAY. Hanson—who received a life sentence for carjacking, kidnapping, and killing Mary Bowles in Tulsa in …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Death Row Prisoners Challenge New Tennessee Single-Drug Lethal Injection Protocol by Nine condemned Tennessee prisoners filed suit in state court on March 14, 2025, accusing the state Department of Corrections (DOC) of subjecting them to a “risk of torturous death” with a lethal execution protocol utilizing pentobarbital. Kevin Burns, Byron …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
South Carolina Conducts First U.S. Execution by Firing Squad in 15 Years by After getting the greenlight from the state Supreme Court, South Carolina’s Department of Corrections (DOC) mustered a firing squad to fatally shoot condemned prisoner Brad Sigmon, 67, on March 7, 2025. Another prisoner, Mikal Mahdi, 41, was …
Burns v. Strada, TN, Complaint, Methods of Execution, 2025 I. INTRODUCTION 1. Felony sentences imposed by Tennessee courts are, for the most part, entrusted to the Tennessee Department of Correction (“TDOC”) to carry out. In furtherance of that responsibility, TDOC receives over a billion dollars of taxpayer money each year. …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution by Alabama killed condemned prisoner Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, on January 25, 2024, the first execution conducted using nitrogen hypoxia, a controversial method that suffocates victims with nitrogen gas and robs them of oxygen. The risks of the procedure are so unknown that the …
Publication • December 13, 2022
TN Lethal Injection Protocol Investigation Report and Findings-Dec. 13, 2022 TENNESSEE LETHAL INJECTION PROTOCOL INVESTIGATION REPORT AND FINDINGS Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product DECEMBER 13, 2022 Butler Snow LLP BU T L E R I SNOW INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product To: Governor Bill …
Publication • December 13, 2022
TN Lethal Injection Protocol Investigation Report and Findings 12-13-22 TENNESSEE LETHAL INJECTION PROTOCOL INVESTIGATION REPORT AND FINDINGS Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product DECEMBER 13, 2022 Butler Snow LLP BU T L E R I SNOW INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Confidential Attorney-Client Communication And Attorney Work Product To: Governor Bill Lee …
Brief • September 6, 2022
Filed under: Method of Execution
Owens v. Stirling, SC, Order Granting Injunctive Relief, Methods of Execution, 2022 IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS COUNTY OF RICHLAND FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Freddie Eugene Owens; Brad Keith Sigmon; Gary Dubose Terry; and Richard Bernard Moore, Civil Action No. 2021CP4002306 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF …