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States can't figure out how to execute inmates. Alabama is trying something new.
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe state of Alabama tried to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith before and failed, so now they're trying...
An Alabama prisoner will soon become the first in the US to be executed by nitrogen gas....
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlabama's lethal injection chamberAP Photo An Alabama prisoner is about to undergo an experimental...
Judge: Nevada can't yet consider death sentence commutations
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNevada’s pardons board will not be able to consider a last-minute request from outgoing Gov. Steve...
Alabama’s new execution method could be dangerous for everyone in the room
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCAPITAL PUNISHMENT: Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to become the first death row inmate to be...
Alabama's nitrogen gas execution will be cruel and unusual punishment
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlabama's plan to begin executing convicts with nitrogen gas cannot be seen as anything other than a...
Nitrogen gas execution: An abomination in Alabama
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: The following column by Stephen Cooper, published by The Church of England Newspaper in 2018, deals with Alabama's intention to introduce...
A prison where the prisoners were in charge
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInmates are seen praying early in the morning. At the time, inmates here have run afoul of La Routina and were awaiting punishment would stay here.Oscar...
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...
Prisoners would get to vote under bill backed by formerly incarcerated state lawmaker
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEditor's note: The headline of this story has been corrected. The bill cited in the story would...
Biden's death penalty inaction is unacceptable
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 12 months agoObjectively, one of the most glaring impediments to President Biden’s reelection for human and civil rights advocates — and activists — is Biden’s...