Talk:Execution of Jeffrey Landrigan

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landrigan was found guilty by bench trial (no jury)Correction... jury trialSmithcure (talk) 04:22, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

landrigan was executed with potentially illegally imported sodium thiopental

You must cite reliable sources for statements like that. JohnCD (talk) 19:24, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

please stand by for a list of sources

by what determination is notability finalized? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithcure (talk • contribs) 20:11, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

See WP:Notability; see also WP:N/CA, WP:PERP, WP:BIO1E and WP:109PAPERS. In the end, it comes down to a community judgement - an article may be nominated at WP:Articles for deletion, which starts a week's debate, at the end of which a neutral admin decides which side has made the best case. JohnCD (talk) 21:11, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Landrigan's page itself is poorly written, but if it was to be totally revamped to include full details of the crime, trial and the controversy surrounding the execution, I feel it should be retained. There certainly is precedent - there are hundreds of different pages on wikipedia dedicated to people who are notable for nothing but their criminal activity (murder being particularly common). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.16.28.11 (talk) 12:52, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Undo article title move

Back in 2010, user Black Kite moved this article title from Jeffrey Landrigan to Execution of Jeffrey Landrigan with the explanation of BIO1E, which is policy about people notable for only one event. However, I don't think BIO1E can be applied in this case. The execution itself is notable because the State of Arizona had to obtain one of the drugs used in the execution from an overseas supplier, in ethically questionable circumstances, because the American supplier refused to supply the drug for the non-medicinal purpose of execution. However, the reason the execution was taking place was because the prisoner had been sentenced to death for a murder he committed twenty years earlier, in 1989. The 1989 murder is briefly covered in the article and alluded to in most of the 2010 media coverage. So I am unsure if the BIO1E really applies to this article, because although Landrigan is "famous" due to the issues with the execution event, he would never be in that position were it not for the 1989 murder and his conduct at his trial, which seems to have contributed to him being imprisoned on death row in the first place. The clarkprosecutor.org citation link accessed in 2014 (and currently numbered as citation [3]) also indicates Landrigan was convicted of a 1981 murder, too, that was appealed and resulted in his release shortly before the 1989 murder. In light of that source of information, I would suggest Landrigan is notable for more than just the execution event. and we are writing a Biography about Landrigan, not just writing about his execution. There is no Wikipedia article about either of Landrigan's victims, as far as I can tell. Newspaper sources from 1989, or 1981, are unlikely to be available online, due to copyright and other reasons, so will not show up in an internet search but these could exist in a printed newspaper from the time. Also, there are other on-line sources that suggest that the story told in the news media in 2010 is not the full story. Consequently, I am proposing to undo the article move, but would like others to give feedback on my understanding of the relevant Wikipedia policy in this case, first. - Cameron Dewe (talk) 04:46, 13 June 2021 (UTC)