The US state of Ohio planned to execute its first prisoner in more than three years Wednesday, putting to death a man convicted of raping and murdering a child. Ronald Phillips, 43, faces execution by lethal injection at 10 am local time (1400 GMT), ending Ohio’s moratorium on the death penalty, as officials searched for … Read more
The southern US state of Arkansas, rushing to execute several inmates before a lethal drug expires at the end of the month, put to death Monday a prisoner convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1995, the attorney general said. Jack Jones was executed after the US Supreme Court rejected an 11th-hour appeal from … Read more
Arkansas executes Ledell Lee in first death penalty use in 12 years Lee was convicted of murder and recently told the BBC he was innocent Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee in the US state’s first use of the death penalty in 12 years. It came after the US Supreme Court rejected a challenge arguing Arkansas … Read more
A death row inmate scheduled to be executed in an Arkansas prison on Thursday was granted a stay by the highest court in the US state hours before his lethal injection, his attorneys said. Stacey Johnson is the fourth prisoner in Arkansas to receive a reprieve from execution this month, frustrating state authorities’ efforts to … Read more
A legal battle over the death sentence in the US state of Arkansas has seen skirmishes and retreats, but it’s not over yet. Two death row inmates won reprieves on Monday, but five others still face execution in the coming days. After the US Supreme Court and the Arkansas Supreme Court delivered the stays, Arkansas … Read more
A US federal judge on Saturday blocked a plan by the southern state of Arkansas to execute a series of inmates there over a 10-day period this month, citing a constitutional amendment banning “cruel and unusual punishment.” The state’s Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, had argued that the executions — which would have been the state’s … Read more
A US judge on Thursday blocked the planned execution of one of eight prisoners whose deaths were scheduled to take place in Arkansas this month. Federal Judge Price Marshall issued his decision in the case of Jason McGehee, saying his execution should be stayed an additional 30 days for his case to be considered after … Read more
The US state of Arkansas is racing to execute eight death row inmates in 10 days next month to beat the expiration date on a hard-to-get drug used in lethal injections. Death penalty opponents have denounced the rush to execute, with the New York Times saying it was for a reason “as mundane as it … Read more