The 15th in 2025 was executed yesterday, May 1st, at.
Specifically, the execution of the death penalty was held in the southeastern US. She killed his partner and her three children.
The death sentence was 62 -year -old death -hearted Jeffrey Hechinson, was sentenced in 1998 to the death penalty for the murder of René Flacherti, 32, and her three children, Jeffrey, 9, Amaad, 7, and Amaad, 7 years old.
The rejection of the demands of his defense
Jeffrey Hechinson was a former military man and had served in the first Gulf War (1990-1991). This cited his defense by arguing that the death -duty was mentally ill because of his experiences in the war. However, the arguments of the defense were not heard by the state and did not prevent the suspension of the former military execution.
The sentenced to death was executed with deadly injectable chemicals at 20:14 (local time; at 03:14 today Greece time), the Florida State Creationary Office said in a statement.
American innovations in the execution of the death penalty
Fifteen executions have been made in the US since the beginning of the year: eleven with injectable deadly chemicals, two with suffering caused by nitrogen inhalation, a controversial method used for the first time in the world in Alabama (southeast) in 2024, and two executives in South Karolina.
The death penalty has been abolished in 23 of the 50 US states. In the other five (California, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee) a moratorium is applied to its imposition, by decisions of their rulers.
Sources: RES-EIA, AFP, ertnews.gr
