Sunday, May 4th, 2014
According to the Supreme Court, the Constitution does not allow for “cruel and unusual punishment” but does allow for an individual to be confined in a room for years awaiting their execution. In the case of a recent botched lethal injection in Oklahoma, these executions are sometimes tantamount to torture, and arguably, always inhumane.
Monday, July 8th, 2013
After discovering that the state of Texas keeps an online, public record of the last statements of all executed death row inmates, The Gabbler read through a few of the 500 statements to see if there was...
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
In a press conference held today at the Dallas County Courthouse, Dallas District Attorney Craig Watkins announced that he would be seeking the death penalty in the upcoming murder trial of ten-year-old José Rodriguez. The announcement comes...
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