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Arizona pauses death penalty pending review; system 'needs better oversight,' governor says
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoArizona Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the appointment of a Death Penalty Independent Review...
Jews must speak out against Alabama's planned nitrogen gas executions
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNote: A lawyer-turned-death penalty abolitionist and a Jewish cantor join forces to argue that the...
Alabama nitrogen hypocrisy: America's latest fantasy death-penalty solution
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoGas Death House of Nevada Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images The state of Alabama now says it is...
Fact check: Arizona last performed a gas chamber execution in 1999, but some inmates have option
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe claim: Arizona is executing child molesters in gas chambers Weeks after Arizona resumed executions following an eight-year pause in capital punishment, some social media users are claiming ...
Injection, electrocution, hanging, firing squad: How does Florida execute people?
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAlabama officials executed a convicted killer Jan. 25, becoming the first state to use nitrogen...
How lethal injection problems could end the death penalty
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAll but one of the 27 states that have the death penalty, which is opposed by 40% of Americans, are...
Alabama's 2023 death penalty torture outlook
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThere are many terrible knowns — and even more terrible unknowns — concerning Alabama’s administration of the death penalty in 2023. We know despite...
What you need to know about Arizona's death row, its history of executions and failures
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoConvicted killer Frank Atwood was put to death on June 8, making him the second person to be...
Faith leaders call on NC governor for end of ‘racist and error-prone’ death penalty
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDuring a time of major celebration for several world religions, nearly 300 faith leaders from around...
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...