/tags/executions Executions en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:16:47 GMT /2022-03-24/supreme-court-backs-a-prisoner-who-sought-his-pastors-touch-at-the-time-of-execution Thursday's ruling was clear, and close to unanimous, with only Justice Clarence Thomas in dissent. Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:16:47 GMT /2022-03-24/supreme-court-backs-a-prisoner-who-sought-his-pastors-touch-at-the-time-of-execution Nina Totenberg /crime-justice/2021-03-22/supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-of-boston-marathon-bombers-vacated-death-sentences An appeals court ruled last summer that the original trial judge did not secure an impartial jury for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The U.S. has asked the Supreme Court to review the decision. Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:41:18 GMT /crime-justice/2021-03-22/supreme-court-to-hear-appeal-of-boston-marathon-bombers-vacated-death-sentences Rachel Treisman, Nina Totenberg /crime-justice/2019-12-17/texas-leads-the-nation-in-executions-but-new-death-sentences-are-rare Texas led the U.S. in the number of executions in 2019, carrying out nine of the 22 that occurred nationwide. A new report reveals Texas is more on par� Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:04:19 GMT /crime-justice/2019-12-17/texas-leads-the-nation-in-executions-but-new-death-sentences-are-rare Becky Fogel /crime-justice/2019-11-15/texas-appeals-court-blocks-inmate-rodney-reeds-execution Texas� top appeals court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of inmate Rodney Reed, whose conviction is being questioned by new evidence that his� Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:06:17 GMT /crime-justice/2019-11-15/texas-appeals-court-blocks-inmate-rodney-reeds-execution Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press /crime-justice/2019-08-21/texas-executed-larry-swearingen-for-1998-slaying-his-lawyer-says-bad-science-got-him-on-death-row For decades, a staunch claim of innocence and doubts over forensic science engulfed the death penalty case of Larry Swearingen. On Wednesday, he was� Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:59:26 GMT /crime-justice/2019-08-21/texas-executed-larry-swearingen-for-1998-slaying-his-lawyer-says-bad-science-got-him-on-death-row Jolie McCullough | Texas Tribune /crime-justice/2019-04-30/texas-will-no-longer-share-the-written-last-words-of-executed-inmates The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will no longer share the last written words of death row inmates after criticism from a Houston� Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:35:06 GMT /crime-justice/2019-04-30/texas-will-no-longer-share-the-written-last-words-of-executed-inmates Andrew Weber /texas/2019-04-29/why-there-are-so-few-news-stories-about-women-on-death-row From Texas Standard:Texas news outlets often report on death penalty stories, given that the state leads the nation in prisoner executions. But rarely do� Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:03:17 GMT /texas/2019-04-29/why-there-are-so-few-news-stories-about-women-on-death-row Joy Diaz /crime-justice/2019-04-24/texas-executes-john-william-king-in-racist-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr It’s been more than two decades since an infamous hate crime in East Texas, where three white men were convicted of chaining a black man to the back of a� Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:21:33 GMT /crime-justice/2019-04-24/texas-executes-john-william-king-in-racist-dragging-death-of-james-byrd-jr Jolie McCullough | Texas Tribune /texas/2018-06-04/states-highest-court-affirms-texas-must-reveal-a-past-supplier-of-execution-drugs From Texas Standard.Texas has been fighting to keep a secret for years now � the name of the pharmacy that supplies its execution drugs. But late last� Mon, 04 Jun 2018 18:45:59 GMT /texas/2018-06-04/states-highest-court-affirms-texas-must-reveal-a-past-supplier-of-execution-drugs Jill Ament /texas/2018-02-05/how-old-are-the-drugs-used-to-execute-texas-inmates From Texas Standard:Following the execution of a Dallas man last week, the status of the state's supply of execution drugs is under new scrutiny. In a� Mon, 05 Feb 2018 19:41:45 GMT /texas/2018-02-05/how-old-are-the-drugs-used-to-execute-texas-inmates Jill Ament