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Death penalty researchers call 2022 ‘Year of the Botched Execution’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSeven of the 20 execution attempts in the US over the past year were visibly problematic or took an...
Death penalty: U.S. carried out historically few executions in 2022, but 1 in 3 were 'botched'
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLethal Injection chamber California Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation via Getty Images Capital...
Lawmakers bidding to resume Louisiana executions after 14-year pause OK new death penalty methods
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBidding to resume Louisiana executions after a 14-year pause, the state's Republican-dominated...
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...
Report: Belief death penalty is applied unfairly shows capital punishment’s growing isolation in US
WJAX via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMore Americans now believe the death penalty, which is undergoing a yearslong decline of use and...
Why are states like Alabama, which is planning to use nitrogen gas, exploring new execution methods?
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoAn Alabama execution Thursday that would be the first to use nitrogen gas is the result of a long...
South Carolina passes shield law in effort to resume executions. Here’s what to know.
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe South Carolina Senate passed legislation to hide identities of pharmaceutical companies and drug...
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...
The Return of the Firing Squad, Explained
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA man dies by firing squad in Cuba in 1935.(Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Idaho Senate approved a bill Monday reinstating...
Questions, issues still to be resolved in years-long case against death penalty in SC
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn an effort to resume executions in South Carolina after over a decade, the state Department of...