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SC death penalty cases are in court for years. More than half end up reversed.
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoProponents such as South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster pitch the death penalty as a way for victims'...
2022 saw a record number of ‘botched’ executions, report finds
Yahoo News via AOL· 1 year agoMore than a third of the country’s execution attempts this year were “botched” or deemed visibly...
Report: U.S. states carrying out death penalties in 2023 hit new 20-year low
Yahoo News via AOL· 6 months agoA new report that analyzes the application of capital punishment in America found that 2023 marked 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...
Alabama makes us all sadistic torturers
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlan Eugene Miller, the next man to be executed in Alabama — on Sept. 22 — doesn’t want to be tortured to death. But there’s every reason to believe...
Executions in the US are in decline – but some jurisdictions lead the rest
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSince reaching historic highs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, use of the death penalty in America has steadily declined, with a dwindling number of jurisdictions responsible for a growing portion of executions.
Maryland man who spent 32 years in prison wrongly convicted of 1981 murders gets $2.9m
The Independent US via AOL· 11 months agoA Maryland man will be paid nearly $3m, after he spent 32 years in prison – including a decade on...
Where does Missouri get the drugs it uses to execute prisoners? The supplier is a secret
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoThe state uses pentobarbital, a drug commonly used in animal euthanasia. Past suppliers didn’t have...
Florida executes Black man for 1989 murders: Louis Gaskin’s fate was decided by non-unanimous jury
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida executed a man who was on death row for over 30 years on Wednesday, authorities said. “The sentence of the State of Florida vs. Inmate Louis Gaskin was carried out at 6:15 p.m.,” the ...
Oklahoma executes man despite recommendations from state’s parole board
NY Daily News via AOL· 2 years agoJames Coddington was the fifth inmate in Oklahoma to be put to death since the state resumed...
