Capital Punishment

True Crime

Ted Bundy died on January 24, 1989, at the Florida State Prison in Raiford, executed by electrocution under the state’s electric chair protocol. His death followed final denia...

criminal-justice-data

Since the U.S. resumed executions in 1977, at least 17 women have been executed, representing a small fraction of the more than 1,500 total executions through 2024. Most were co...

law-and-criminal-justice

"How much is death row worth" is best framed as a net worth and cost question about the legal status of individuals under sentence of death. The phrase can refer to the estimate...

criminal-justice

Lethal injection is a method of capital punishment that uses a series of drugs to induce unconsciousness, paralysis, and cardiac arrest. It became the most common execution meth...

criminal-justice

John Wayne Gacy died by lethal injection on May 10, 1994, at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, following his conviction for murdering 33 young men and boys...

True Crime

Executed serial killers represent a small subset of serial homicide cases in which courts have imposed and carried out the death penalty. This article explains the verification...

legal-analysis

A ban on the death penalty, or capital punishment, is a legal prohibition that prevents the state from sentencing or executing anyone for any offense. In practice, this shifts t...

criminal-justice

Ted Bundy received the death penalty after being convicted of murder in Florida. He was sentenced to death for the 1978 murder of Kimberly Leach in January 1980 and executed by...

criminal-justice

Jeffrey Dahmer, convicted serial killer, received a death sentence for his crimes in Wisconsin and remained under state jurisdiction until his death while incarcerated. This sta...

criminal-justice

The request for a last meal before execution is a long-standing prison tradition that carries legal, symbolic, and practical weight. It typically arises in the final hours or da...