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Some states resuming capital punishment after 'the year of the botched execution'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAlabama inmate James Barber was put to death early Friday morning, in the first execution in the...
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,...
Did Idaho ‘botch’ Thomas Creech execution? How common are lethal injection issues?
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn hour after Idaho Department of Correction officials had planned to execute a death row prisoner...
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...
Botched execution of serial killer in Idaho puts focus on capital punishment secrecy laws
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn 2012, two Idaho prison officials chartered a private plane and flew to Washington state with...
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...
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...
Shield laws haven’t stopped problems with executions, but they have kept them hidden
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSouth Carolina’s attempts to resume executions continue as state legislation to enact a shield law...
Alabama execution could "amount to torture" and violate treaties, U.N. warns
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 months agoUpdate: Kenneth Eugene Smith was executed by nitrogen hypoxia on Thursday, Jan. 25. Read the latest...