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John Allen Mohammad’s sentence completed
Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias | November 11th 2009 by mattie
November 10, 2009 DC Sniper John Allen Mohammad is dead via lethal injection. CNN: There were no complications; Mr. Mohammad was asked if he wished to make a last statement. He did not acknowledge this or make a last statement whatsoever. The final a read more
Convicted Sniper Executed in Virginia After Seven Years
The Daily Contributor | November 10th 2009 by Randy Marasigan
John Allen Muhammad was executed 9:11 PM Tuesday, November 10, 2009 seven years after committing the Beltway sniper attacks of October 24, 2002 where he and his partner Lee Boyd Malvo killed at least 10 innocent people. Muhammad, a Muslim convert, read more
John Allen Muhammad
Dickster's Random Thoughts | November 10th 2009
Image via Wikipedia Tonight, barring any last minute stays, John Allen Muhammad will be executed by lethal injection in the great commonwealth of Virginia. The United States Supreme Court has already decided not to hear any appeals on behalf of read more
China: Lethal injection site completed
Asia Death Penalty | November 7th 2009
By Cui Xiaohuo (China Daily)From: China Daily, 6 November 2009Beijing's first permanent lethal injection facility has been completed, ahead of plans to abolish execution by firing squad for criminals next year.The new facility is within the Beijing N read more
2009: Khristian Oliver, Bible basher?
Executed Today | November 5th 2009 by Executed Today
(Thanks to John Temple, author of The Last Lawyer: The Fight to Save Death Row Inmates and journalism professor at West Virginia University, for the guest post. -ed.) Barring a last-minute stay of execution, Khristian Oliver will be put to death lat read more
SUCKS TO BE John Allen Muhammed, DC sniper on the express train t…
Sucks To Be You | October 29th 2009 by Mike Hudock
Seven years ago this month, two sick lunatics otherwise known as John Allen Muhammed and Lee Boyd Malvo went on a killing spree in Washington, DC that left 10 people dead, and anyone still with a pulse tinkling their pants every time they got in the read more
D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed Next Month
A Toast To Wealth | October 27th 2009 by Ms. Livingston & Ms. Phillips
It seems like it was just yesterday when John Allen Muhammad was convicted of killing several people. This sniper terrorized the entire area of Washington, D. C. Now, next month he will die by... A Toast to wealth gives you the latest news on maki read more
D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed Next Month
A Toast To Wealth | October 27th 2009 by Ms. Livingston & Ms. Phillips
It seems like it was just yesterday when John Allen Muhammad was convicted of killing several people. This sniper terrorized the entire area of Washington, D. C. Now, next month he will die by lethal injection. read more
DC Sniper Gets The Needle Next Month
THE HOT JOINTS | October 27th 2009 by Chris Jones
From The AP: The mastermind of the 2002 Washington, DC-area sniper attacks will die by lethal injection next month, Virginia officials said Tuesday. John Allen Muhammad declined to choose between lethal injection and electrocution, so under state read more
Mark McClain’s Attorney Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Spare His Li…
A Toast To Wealth | October 20th 2009 by Ms. Livingston & Ms. Phillips
Mark McClain’s Attorney Asks the U.S. Supreme Court to spare his life, but he may die face execution tomorrow night. He murdered for only $130 to feed his girlfriend's baby or so he claims. read more
2005: Luis Ramirez, claiming innocence
Executed Today | October 20th 2009 by Executed Today
On this date in 2005, Luis Ramirez was executed in Texas for engineering the murder-for-hire of his ex-wife’s new flame. Ramirez went to his death still insisting on his innocence. I did not kill your loved one, but I hope that one day you find read more
2002: Aileen Wuornos, Monster
Executed Today | October 9th 2009 by Executed Today
“Thanks a lot, society, for railroading my ass!” -Aileen Wuornos On this date in 2002, the tragically, horrifically iconic serial killer Aileen Wuornos checked out at Florida’s Starke Prison (and into an afterlife as an Academy Awar read more
Ohio gov. reviews lethal injection procedures
Allison Kilkenny: Unreported | October 5th 2009 by Allison Kilkenny
Image from truthinjustice.org Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has delayed the state’s next two executions to allow a full review of lethal injection procedures, according to the AP. Strickland ordered the reprieves today for inmates Lawrence Reynol read more
2007: Michael Richard, whose time ran out
Executed Today | September 25th 2009 by Executed Today
Two years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court unexpectedly accepted a case, Baze v. Rees, challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection — the supposedly humane execution method that seemed less and less so. Texas inmate Michael Richard, c read more
The State of Texas
Truth to Power | September 19th 2009 by Vic Populi
Cameron Todd Willingham and Carlos De Luna: Two Innocent Men Executed by the State of Texasby Tom HeadAs originally posted on: Tom's Civil Liberties Blog September 5, 2009According to the Innocence Project, 135 death row inmates have been exonerated read more
If At First You Don’t Succeed
South Dakota Humanist | September 19th 2009 by BW Junior
Would this be considered cruel and unusual? A convicted child rapist and murderer in my old home state of Ohio is fighting to not be executed for the second time. His first execution failed when executioners gave up when after 2 hours and 18 pokes of read more
Illinois Can’t Seem To Find A Vein.
1984 Was Not An Instruction Manual | September 19th 2009
Here’s one for you. In Chicago they are having trouble yet again trying to kill condemned prisoners. It wouldn’t be much if this were an isolated incident but it has happened before. In May 2006, Joseph Clark sat up to tell his executione read more
Convicted Killer Romell Broom Appeals to State, Federal Court to…
World Info Alert | September 19th 2009 by Rose
Convicted Killer Romell Broom Appeals to State, Federal Court to Stop Second Execution Attempt - ABC NewsShared via AddThis read more
End the Lethal Injection Insanity
Reconstitution | September 18th 2009
I had been hopeful that Governor Strickland would see just how meaningless, and how inhuman, lethal injection is as a punishment; after all, before he took office one convict was allowed to get off the gurney and go to the bathroom, it took authoriti read more
Ohio Inmate's Execution Delayed One Week-They Couldn't Find A Vei…
fileunderi | September 16th 2009
From the Fileunderi "Sometimes A Shotgun Is The Best Tool In This Situation" File:53-year-old Romell Broom was scheduled to be executed in Ohio this week for the 1984 rape and murder of 14-year-old Tryna Middleton. Unfortunately, executioners struggl read more
China: Lethal injection spreads in north-east
Asia Death Penalty | August 31st 2009
More NE Chinese cities to adopt lethal injectionFrom Xinhua, 24 August 2009SHENYANG, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- All 14 cities in northeast China's Liaoning Province are expected to have adopted the lethal injection as the means of execution by the end of th read more
Thailand: Civil libertarians condemn executions
Asia Death Penalty | August 27th 2009
Statement by the Thailand Union for Civil Liberty, 25 August 2009Statement by UCLIt is wrong that Thailand has executed two men on 24th August 2009:It ignores the majority vote of the United Nations General Assembly in December 2007 and again in Dece read more
Thailand: Executions a backward step
Asia Death Penalty | August 27th 2009
Thailand: resumption of executions a backwards stepPublic statement by Amnesty International, 26 August 2009As country after country abandons its use of judicial state killing, Amnesty International deeply regrets the resumption of executions in Thai read more
“Apples and Oranges: On Being Pro-Life AND Pro-Death Penalty…
The Bloviating Hammerhead | August 26th 2009 by Jim
Thailand: Drug dealers put to death
Asia Death Penalty | August 26th 2009
From The Bangkok Post, 25 August 2009Writer: KING-OUA LAOHONGTwo convicted drug traffickers at Bang Khwang prison have been executed by lethal injection.Bundit Jaroenwanit, 45, and Jirawat Poompreuk, 52, yesterday became the country's fifth and sixth read more
“Doubt: Reasonable or Otherwise”
The Bloviating Hammerhead | August 25th 2009 by Jim
I have been praying about a situation, and I hope you’ll join me. A man named Troy Davis has been on death row in Georgia since 1991, facing execution for a crime he may not have committed: The 1989 murder of Savannah po read more
Top Indian court upholds hangings
Asia Death Penalty | July 8th 2009
From BBC News India's Supreme Court has rejected a petition to replace hanging with lethal injection as the country's sole method of execution.The court said there was no evidence to suggest that hanging was less painful.Activist Ashok Kumar Walia ha read more
Cold Cuts on Death Row
The Food Here Convenience Store | July 6th 2009 by Ram Venkatararam
Good evening and welcome to my prison blog. I am grateful for your visit and appreciative of the opportunity to share my observations on life in Gravel Bay Maximum Security Penitentiary. Unfortunately, prison officials continue to struggle to find me read more
Execution of the Day – 2009 (part 21)
Execution of the day | May 20th 2009 by Old Sparky
Everyone loves a bit of infamy and this week we’ve got it in spades. From mass murderers to serial killers, and regicidal to suicidal maniacs, it’s all happening. In fact it’s so good, we’ve had to ditch fiesty, old Margaret read more
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