Court: Rastafari Louisiana inmate can keep his dreadlocks
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in favor of Christopher Ware, an adherent of the Rastafari religion. The court record says Ware took a vow not to cut his hair.
Category Archives: State Prisons
Ohio Child Killer to Be State’s First Execution in 3 Years
Ohio child killer Ronald Phillips is set to become the state's first execution in more than three years on Wednesday. Phillips, 43, is scheduled to die at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
Ohio set to end 3-year hiatus with execution of child killer
Ohio is preparing to put a condemned child killer to death in the state's first execution in more than three years. Forty-three-year-old Ronald Phillips is scheduled to die Wednesday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
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Union: Kansas prison forcing officers to work 16-hour shifts
This March 23, 2011, photo shows the El Dorado Correctional Facility near El Dorado, Kan. A union representing state employees disclosed Friday, July 21, 2017, it filed a grievance earlier this month with Kansas' top corrections officials alleging that officers at the maximum-security prison are being forced to work 16-hour shifts.
Kamala Harris Went to Prison So Others Wona t Have To
Kamala Harris visited just about every corner of California during her successful 2016 campaign to take over Barbara Boxer's seat in the US Senate, and she's kept it up somewhat since taking office. But on a recent, sweltering July afternoon, I accompanied Harris to a place where no senator has set foot for at least a decade.
Facebook drone could one day provide global internet access
Authorities say a man is facing murder charges in the death of a recent high school graduate shot in the head during a road rage confrontation as the two tried to merge in a single lane. Authorities say a man is facing murder charges in the death of a recent high school graduate shot in the head during a road rage confrontation as the two tried to merge in a single lane.
Ex-Sept. 11 worker gets drug case pardon, fights deportation
A former ground zero worker fighting deportation to Colombia for a 1990 drug conviction received a pardon from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday and will use it to challenge his removal from the country. Cuomo, a Democrat, said that if Carlos Cardona is deported he might not be able to receive adequate health treatments for ailments he suffers after working in the Sept.
Alabama executes inmate who killed three during a 1994 Popeye’s robbery
Alabama executed inmate Robert Melson late Thursday for killing three people during a robbery at a Popeye's restaurant in 1994. Melson was pronounced dead at 10:27 p.m. local time, following a lethal injection at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, according to the Associated Press .
Post-riot review finds Delaware prison poorly run, managed
An independent review ordered by Delaware's governor after a deadly inmate riot describes the state's maximum-security prison as dangerously overcrowded, critically understaffed, and poorly run and managed. According to the preliminary report, prison workers consider communication to be the top problem at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center.
US Supreme Court issues temporary stay in Alabama execution
Arthur, nicknamed the "Houdini of Death Row" because the state had scheduled seven other execution dates, was set to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. CT Thursday at Holman Correctional Facility at Atmore. The order didn't say specifically why it was issued.
Colorado governor pardons felon to stave off deportation
Lima-Marin's husband, who came to the United States from Cuba as a baby during the Mariel boat l... . Jasmine Lima-Marin, center, stands next to supporters and her attorney, Hans Meyer, right, during a news conference on May 19, 2017, in Denver.
The steady decline of Americaa s death rows
Arkansas executed two inmates on April 24 in back-to-back lethal injections, which marks the country's first double execution in 17 years. When the state of Arkansas announced plans to carry out eight executions in an 11-day period in April , it drew intense international scrutiny that flared until well after the final lethal injection in the series at the end of the month .
The Latest: Inmate lurches 20 times during execution
The Latest on Arkansas' effort to execute a fourth inmate before its supply of a lethal injection drug expires on Sunday : An Arkansas inmate executed for the 1999 killing of a former deputy warden following an escape lurched 20 times on the gurney before three lethal drugs took his life. Kenneth Williams was executed Thursday night.
Arkansas executes killer for 4th lethal injection in 8 days
This March 25, 2017, file photo, shows a sign for the Department of Correction's Cummins Unit prison in Varner, Ark. Death-row inmate Kenneth Williams is scheduled to die at the prison unit Thursday, April 27, 2017, for the killing of a former deputy prison warden following an escape.
Arkansas prepares to conclude aggressive execution schedule
Arkansas will reach the end of an aggressive execution schedule Thursday as it prepares for a fourth lethal injection in a week after initially planning twice as many over an 11-day period. Kenneth Williams, 38, is set to die for killing a former deputy warden following an escape.
The Latest: Spokesman says inmate apologized to director
An Arkansas prisons spokesman says the first inmate executed Monday night was speaking to the Arkansas Department of Correction director shortly after his lethal injection began. Spokesman Solomon Graves says Jack Jones was talking to prisons director Wendy Kelley at the start of his execution, which lasted 14 minutes.
Arkansas Executes Jack Jones As Part Of First U.S. Double Execution In 17 Years
Arkansas has executed the first of two men scheduled to die in the first U.S. double execution since 2000. Jack Jones Jr., 52, was the first prisoner put to death Monday night.
Arkansas executions: What’s next?
The state of Arkansas will resume efforts this week to execute death row inmates before its supply of sedatives used in lethal injection expires. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson scheduled eight executions in 11 days, the most in the shortest amount of time since capital punishment returned to the United States in the 1970s, creating a race against the clock and a tangled web of legal challenges.
April 23 Letters: Rosen’s backing of Persky undermines trust
I was shocked and disappointed to read that District Attorney Jeff Rosen has endorsed Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky . This endorsement contradicts what Rosen has stood for in the past with regard to the victims of sexual assault.