Articles by Callie Heller

Capital Punishment in the United States: Explained

Loaded on Jan. 17, 2019 by Callie Heller, Jessica Brand published in Criminal Legal News February, 2019, page 1

Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row. Location: United States of America.

by Jessica Brand and Callie Heller, The Appeal

This explainer was produced by The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal justice news site.

In August 2018, the state of Tennessee executed Billy Ray Irick, the first man executed in the state since 2009. He had spent over 30 years on death row. ...