Supreme Court
Smith was set to die in 2022, but survived after workers couldn’t start an intravenous line for the lethal injection drugs before the state’s execution warrant expired
Jurors in the inmate’s case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death
Several other states, including California and Georgia, allow for a multi-day execution process
The court will weigh Carlos Ayestas’ claim that federal courts improperly forced him to prove a “substantial need” for the mitigation expert
The court met to decide whether the government can detain immigrants indefinitely without providing hearings
Supreme Court may be deciding if you can go to jail for a violent or threatening social media post
Freedom for double-murderer Bobby E. Bowden depends on how the N.C. Supreme Court views the applicability of the rules that the Department of Public Safety uses to decide when to give a prisoner credit for good behavior
Hope v. Pelzer U.S. Supreme Court decision contains several important use of restraints lessons learned for corrections officers
