SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah’s parole board will conduct a critical hearing on Monday to discuss whether Taberon Dave Honie, who is slated for execution on August 8 for a 1998 murder, should have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. The hearing arrives amid changes in the administration of the death penalty in … Read more
Boise, Idaho – The scheduled execution of Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in Idaho, was unexpectedly halted after prison officials encountered difficulties with the administration of his lethal injection. Creech, who has been convicted of five murders and is suspected of several more, was set to be executed at a … Read more
Alabama, USA – The recent execution of Kenneth Smith in Alabama has sparked controversy and raised concerns over the use of nitrogen gas as a method of lethal injection. The Rev Jeff Hood, a Catholic chaplain who ministered to Smith, described the execution as the “worst thing” he had ever witnessed, citing the prolonged suffering … Read more