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35% of US executions ‘botched’ in 2022 as use of capital punishment remains near 50-year lows,...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExecutions and death sentences in the United States remained near 50-year lows in 2022, but “an...
More Than A Third Of U.S. Executions This Year Were 'Botched,' Report Finds
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than a third of executions in America this year were “botched,” according to a shocking new...
Kenneth Eugene Smith already survived one botched execution. Today he’ll become the first to die by...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoKenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to become the first death row inmate to be executed with nitrogen....
Death penalty researchers call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven of the 20 execution attempts in the US over the past year were visibly problematic or took an...
First nitrogen execution was a 'botched' human experiment, Alabama lawsuit alleges
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn Alabama death row inmate filed a lawsuit Thursday that challenges the constitutionality of...
Court orders Alabama to preserve evidence after ‘Kafkaesque’ botched midnight execution
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal court has ordered Alabama officials to preserve evidence of a ‘Kafkaesque” botched...
States can't figure out how to execute inmates. Alabama is trying something new.
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe state of Alabama tried to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith before and failed, so now they're trying...
An Alabama inmate was executed with nitrogen gas. How does it work?
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAlabama inmate Kenneth Smith was put to death Thursday night, marking the nation’s first known...
Arizona Republic denied request to serve as media witness to execution for third time
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Arizona Department of Corrections, for the third time in six months, denied the Arizona...
A State With One of the Highest Execution Rates Considers a Moratorium
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRichard Glossip on the left, Rep. Kevin McDugle on the right. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by...