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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...
Some states resuming capital punishment after 'the year of the botched execution'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAlabama inmate James Barber was put to death early Friday morning, in the first execution in the...
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...
Missouri man facing execution in June hospitalized. Advocates say he’s in heart failure
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA Missouri man facing execution next month has been hospitalized, advocates said Friday. David...
DeSantis suggests allowing death penalty in Florida without a unanimous jury
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGov. Ron DeSantis raised the idea this week of changing state law to allow juries to impose the death penalty without unanimous agreement, suggesting that perhaps only eight out of 12 jurors ...
Attorneys say Missouri corrections director unqualified to oversee execution next month
Kansas City Star via AOL· 2 months agoLawyers for a man who faces lethal injection next month say his execution should be halted because...
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...
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 ...
Alabama inmate to be first prisoner executed with nitrogen gas
Newsy via AOL· 4 months agoExecution bed As lethal injection drugs have become harder to come by, there have been far fewer...