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States can't figure out how to execute inmates. Alabama is trying something new.
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe state of Alabama tried to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith before and failed, so now they're trying...
What went wrong in the 'botched' lethal injection execution of Thomas Eugene Creech?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe execution of one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates was put on hold Wednesday,...
The Supreme Court’s Unusual Move on the Death Penalty
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSometimes the United States Supreme Court does surprising things and the usual ideological alignments get scrambled. Last week, when the court did what was widely expected on gun rights and ...
Let’s be honest about death penalty in Idaho: Revenge killing despite the cost | Opinion
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe reasons justifying the death penalty continue to get thin. The argument that it’s cheaper to...
The Return of the Firing Squad, Explained
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA man dies by firing squad in Cuba in 1935.(Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Idaho Senate approved a bill Monday reinstating...
Why some critics are so horrified by Alabama's new execution method
The Week via Yahoo News· 8 months agoInmate in Alabama penal system. When Alabama's Republican Gov. Kay Ivey issued a temporary...
Unknown costs, legal challenges: Idaho bill to expand death penalty dies after testimony
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn effort to expand capital punishment in Idaho died when a bill that sought to make lewd acts with...
Report: Executions continued decline but many 'botched'
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoThe use of capital punishment in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in the U.S., with 7...
Mass shooting at Buffalo supermarket now Justice Department's first death penalty case under Garland
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJust a few months after he took office, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium to halt...
As lethal injection drugs run out, what’s the future of death row executions?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIs there a lethal injection drug shortage in the U.S.? Why are lethal injection drugs in short...