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Lethal injection was proposed and adopted on the grounds it was more humane than the methods of execution in place at the time, such as the electric chair and gas chamber. [2] Opponents of lethal injection reject this argument, noting multiple cases where executions have been either painful, prolonged, or both.
Charles Brooks Jr. (September 1, 1942 – December 7, 1982), also known as Shareef Ahmad Abdul-Rahim, [1] was a convicted murderer who was the first person to be executed using lethal injection. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He was the first prisoner executed in Texas since 1964, and the first African-American to be executed anywhere in the United States ...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl in a cannibalistic fantasy died by lethal injection Thursday in the nation’s 25th and final execution of the year.
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 13, 2021 Lisa Marie Montgomery: 52 36 16 Female White Federal government: Lethal injection [3] 2 January 14, 2021 Corey Johnson: 23 29 Male Black [4] 3 January 16, 2021 Dustin John Higgs: 48 25 [5] 4 May 19, 2021 Quintin ...
South Carolina carried out the execution of Richard Moore on Friday evening, according to the state, a day after the US Supreme Court declined the Black inmate’s request to halt his lethal ...
This is the second execution to be carried out in the US in 2025. The first was last Friday in South Carolina, where Marion Bowman Jr. received a lethal injection for a 2001 murder.
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 13, 2027 Keith LaMar: 57 23 34 Male Black Ohio: Lethal injection: Profile: 2 February 17, 2027 Scott A. Group: 62 32 30 White Profile: 3 March 18, 2027 Davel Chinn: 69 31 38 Black Profile: 4 April 14, 2027 Gregory Lott: 65 25 40
Thomas Creech, left, is Idaho’s longest-service death row prisoner, including after a failed execution by lethal injection in February 2024. He married his wife, LeAnn Creech, in 1998 while ...