This Day in Alaskan History-April 14th, 1950
US Executes First Woman Since 1953
The U.S. government has carried out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly 70 years. Lisa Montgomery was put to death early Wednesday at a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. A series of legal challenges seeking to stop the execution ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling late Tuesday it could go […]
Supreme Court Clears Way for Execution of 2nd Federal Inmate This Week
For the second time this week, the U.S. Supreme Court has tossed out a lower court injunction and cleared the way for the federal government to execute an inmate. In a series of orders early Thursday, the court vacated the injunction that stopped Wednesday’s planned execution of Wesley Ira Purkey. The lower court judge […]
US Executes 1st Federal Prisoner in 17 Years
The U.S. government has carried out its first execution in 17 years after the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in an early Tuesday decision to dismiss a lower court’s injunction on three executions scheduled for this week and another set for next month. Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death with a dose of the […]