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Critics blast DeSantis for ramping up Florida death row scheduled executions ahead of 2024
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to execute a fifth man on death row within six months, ramping...
Oklahoma appeals court agrees to slow pace of executions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOklahoma’s Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday agreed to slow the pace of the state's upcoming...
Federal judge strikes down request to halt execution of Missouri man in August
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 10 months agoLawyers for Johnny Johnson said Monday that they plan to appeal. “It is undisputed by a qualified...
Professor's upcoming book points out Tennessee’s lethal injection problems
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“The whole story of lethal injection is a story about all the ways the government cannot be trusted...
Leonard Taylor is set to be executed by Missouri in 9 days. Will an innocent man die?
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoLeonard Taylor is scheduled to be executed Feb. 7 for the murders of his girlfriend and her three...
Executive director of Death Penalty Information Center explains federal moratorium on executions
WPXI via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAfter a 35-day trial, the decision on whether Robert Bowers will face the death penalty is now in the hands of a jury. The jury will return to court first thing Wednesday morning to continue ...
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...
Oklahoma County has 2nd most death row convictions overturned in the US. Who are the 11 people?
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAfter 48 years in the Oklahoma prison system for a murder he has always claimed he did not commit,...
From lethal injection to hangings— haunting photos show how the death penalty has evolved in America
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of newsmen looking at the chair in which Gary Gilmore sat when facing the firing squad on...
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...