Van Lee Ramsey Van Lee Ramsey is the name of my inmate who was born on February 25th, 1910 in Hattiesburg Mississippi. He was executed on January 9th, 1947 on a murder charge. He committed 1st degree murder during a robbery in St. Louis, Missouri on May 1st, 1945 he slit a woman's throat. In 1942 he served a 8 month sentence at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield Missouri. The reasoning for that sentence was for government property theft.
On November 17, 2003 by verdict of his jury, Muhammad was convicted in Virginia on all four counts in the indictment against him; capital murder for the shooting of Dean H. Meyers, a second charge of capital murder under Virginia’s anti-terrorism statue, homicide committed with an intent to terrorize the government or the public at large, conspiracy to commit murder, and the illegal use of a firearm. The jury unanimously recommended that Muhammad be sentenced to death. On March 9, 2004, a Virginia judge sentenced John Allen Muhammad to death. On November 10, 2009, Muhammad was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at 9:11 PM. He declined final words and also to have his last meal published, it is said that is was chicken and red sauce, and some
Mr. Jones killed Mr. Kelley, there is just an overwhelming amount of evidence that points directly to Mr. Jones committing the murder. First of all, Mr. Jones was jealous of Mr. Kelley because Mr. Kelley had destroyed Mr. Jones’ business by stealing all of the customers so he had none. This Fact is important because it shows that Mr. Jones had a motive against Mr. Kelley. If Mr. Kelly wasn’t taking all of Mr. Jones work then his company would be able to prosper. Another important piece of evidence is that Mr. Kelley’s blood was found outside of Mr. Jones apartment.
Cochran was the only man from Boone County who was executed by the gas chamber at the MO State Penitentiary. Cochran raped and killed a woman by the name of Marylou Jenkins in her home, located in Columbia, MO, February 5th, 1947. He was convicted and sent to the Penitentiary until his trial. He didn’t understand what he had done wrong because he was mentally challenged, so it
Mr. Jones killed Mr. Kelley because he destroyed his business by taking his customers. Mr. Jones had previously told Mr. Kelley he was going to kill him, this fact is important because it shows that Mr. Jones had indeed wanted him dead. Mr. Kelleys bloodstains were outside of Mr. Jones apartment. This reason is important because it suggests Mr. Kelley was at Mr. Jones apartment for some apparent reason. Mr. Jones had shot at an intruder at 12:00 midnight.
Louis Riel (1844-1885) On November 16, 1885, 41 year old Louis David Riel was executed. Riel was born on October 22nd , 1844 in Saint-Boniface, Red river settlement. Louis Riel was the oldest child out of the eleven children his parents, Louis Riel Sr and Julie Lagimodière had. Growing up Louis Riel was a smart student.
Atul Gawande, surgeon, professor of surgery at Harvard and public health researcher, explores his view on the death penalty and the research that shook his views. Gawande’s personal view on the death penalty has been transformed by the research conducted for his story “Doctors of the Death Chamber”. In this story doctors and nurses give personal accounts of their controversial roles in prison executions. Gawande’s story about capital punishment raises the question: “Is medicine being used as an instrument of death?” Prior to 1982 the United States carried out executions through hanging, gas chambers, firing squads, and electrocution.
Texas holds the title for the state with most executions in the United States gaining heavy scrutiny for the use of death penalty. Many are concerned that the death penalty is in direct violation of the 8th amendment of the constitution which forbids the act of cruel and unusual punishment as well as being wrong on a moral level. This becomes a hot button issue when mental illness comes into play as 30% of Texas's incarcerated inmates, have been clients of the state’s mental health system (“Texas Death Penalty”). Andre Lee Thomas is one of those inmates, sentenced to death, but also deemed mentally unstable.
The lethal injection executions illustrates a constitutional violation of the branch 's overreach as described by the 8th amendment due to its cases bring either successful in the execution or providing sufferable pain to death row inmates. One of the current problems in the Judicial branch is the use of lethal injection towards execution sessions. Lethal injection is an injection that is administered for the purpose of euthanasia and capital punishment. There are two methods of lethal injection today, one using a three drug protocol and the 2nd being the large dose of barbiturate. Lethal injection is used for capital punishment as it follows the 8th amendment we have today.
After he had transferred prisons to Leavenworth he stabbed a guard here in a fight. For this crime he was sentenced to death, but when his mom talked to the president this was later lessened to solitary confinement for life. After this he stabbed a fellow inmate to death and killed him. This got him to solitary confinement in
After a while they decided to drop the charges and move on with the case. June 1st was the start of this horrific event and when he was sentenced the death penalty there was relief and sorrow in the court room on March 16, 2004. He still awaits the day for his death by lethal injection. As the trial progressed they investigated his motivations for murdering his wife and unborn child and came across
In recent years, two executions in the U.S have generated a great deal of publicity. One of these executions included Troy Davis, convicted and executed for the murder of a police officer in 1989. Another crime in 1989 led to the conviction and execution of Lawrence Russell Brewer, in which Brewer dragged a man by the name of James Byrd to death. Even though the motives and situations of the two crimes were extremely different, the sentence for the two men were the same: death. These sentencings generated a great deal of publicity.
Firing Squad Over Lethal Injection Many people think that inmates who are death row need to be put to death by means of lethal injection. However, there are many reasons why a firing squad should be used instead. It is actually more humane, less costly, and the odds of something going wrong are much less than a lethal injection. The first reason of it being more humane, makes more sense looking deeper into the idea.
Wrongful executions are when innocent people are given the death penalty. Since the death penalty is a biased system, different instances of prejudice can attribute to harmless citizens receiving capital punishment. Larry Griffin, a black man, received an erroneous execution by the state of Missouri on June 21, 1985 due to his race. Griffin shouldn’t have received the death penalty, but his case was botched throughout the whole process. Griffin was accused of murdering 19 year old Quintin Moss, a known drug dealer, in a drive-by.
William Kemmler Execution by electricity has always been debatable since the time it was first used with the first victim, William Kemmler, to today. Many people around the world in 1890 did not have electricity. Because of this, the electric chair was new to almost all humans. During this time, many people had only heard of the little electrical things such as power streetcars and street lights. Murders were also a very uncommon thing to happen during this time.
