US carries out first 死刑執行 in more than two months

Georgiaexecuted a 囚人 by lethal 注射 早期に Friday, the first US 死刑執行 in more than two months, ending a pause that 反映するs a 拒絶する/低下する in 死刑.

John Conner, 60, died at 00:29 (0429 GMT) in Jackson -- 50 miles (80 キロメーターs) southeast of Atlanta -- the 明言する/公表する's 刑務所,拘置所 当局 said. He had been 拘留するd for 34 years.

He was 宣告,判決d for fatally (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing a friend who had asked to sleep with Conner's girlfriend on a night of drinking and 麻薬 use in May 1982.

The United States executed 28 people last year, the fewest in 24 years

The 部隊d 明言する/公表するs 遂行する/発効させるd 28 people last year, the fewest in 24 years ?Paul Buck (AFP/とじ込み/提出する)

A 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 拒絶するd a last 控訴,上告 from Conner’s lawyers Thursday afternoon after the 明言する/公表する Board of 容赦s and 仮釈放(する)s 否定するd 温和/情状酌量 on Wednesday. The 最高裁判所 否定するd requests for a stay of 死刑執行 on Thursday night.

Conner's death ended a period of 65 days without an 死刑執行 in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs に引き続いて a death by lethal 注射 in Missouri in May.

The last time the country saw no 死刑執行s for more than two months (機の)カム 24 years ago, によれば The Marshall 事業/計画(する), a 場所/位置 that 跡をつけるs the 犯罪の 司法(官) system.

The 最高裁判所 considered the c onstitutionality of lethal 注射s in September 2007, 判決,裁定 six months later that they did not 構成する cruel and unusual 罰.

However, some lethal-注射 死刑執行s carried out since 2014 have been 広範囲にわたって 非難するd after they made 囚人s die slowly in agony, gasping, groaning and wracked by convulsions.

The 最新の pause 反映するs a combination of factors 含むing a 不足 of 麻薬s used in lethal 注射s, a 拒絶する/低下する in 死刑 宣告,判決s and an 増加する in 弁護 控訴,上告s that have made 死刑 事例/患者s more 高くつく/犠牲の大きい.

The 部隊d 明言する/公表するs 遂行する/発効させるd 28 people last year, the fewest in 24 years and a sharp 拒絶する/低下する from the 頂点(に達する) of 98 in 1999.

The pace this year is 類似の to 2015, with 15 死刑執行s having taken place so far.

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