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Injection, electrocution, hanging, firing squad: How does Florida execute people?
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAlabama officials executed a convicted killer Jan. 25, becoming the first state to use nitrogen...
Did Idaho ‘botch’ Thomas Creech execution? How common are lethal injection issues?
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn hour after Idaho Department of Correction officials had planned to execute a death row prisoner...
Executions climb across U.S. because of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, report shows
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTALLAHASSEE – The number of executions nationwide ticked upwards to 24 this year, in part because of...
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...
Oklahoma County has 2nd most death row convictions overturned in the US. Who are the 11 people?
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAfter 48 years in the Oklahoma prison system for a murder he has always claimed he did not commit,...
Final phase of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial begins with opening arguments, family testimony
WPXI via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJurors returned to the courtroom Monday morning as the final phase of the Pittsburgh synagogue...
2022 saw a record number of ‘botched’ executions, report finds
Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than a third of the country’s execution attempts this year were “botched” or deemed visibly...
States can't figure out how to execute inmates. Alabama is trying something new.
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe state of Alabama tried to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith before and failed, so now they're trying...
US Supreme Court throws out precedent in negligent ruling about death penalty cases
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Death Penalty Information Center reports that since 1973, at least 189 people who were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death have been exonerated. That includes 11 in Ohio. For its part ...
DeSantis steps up pace of executions in Florida, chasing Trump
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTALLAHASSEE, Florida – After overseeing only two executions during his first four years in office,...