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U.S. executions in 2023 were concentrated in the South, group says
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoFor the ninth consecutive year, fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States in 2023 and...
Alabama inmate to be first prisoner executed with nitrogen gas
Newsy via AOL· 3 months agoExecution bed As lethal injection drugs have become harder to come by, there have been far fewer...
More Than A Third Of U.S. Executions This Year Were 'Botched,' Report Finds
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMore than a third of executions in America this year were “botched,” according to a shocking new...
He Gouged Out Both His Eyes. Can the Government Still Execute Him?
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoPhoto illustration by Slate. Photos by the state of Texas and Getty Images Plus. Welcome to State of...
Missouri inmate Amber McLaughlin executed: Report
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmber McLaughlin was executed in Missouri on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press. McLaughlin, 49, is believed to be the first openly transgender...
Citing Parkland case, DeSantis wants to end unanimous jury vote for death penalty
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoGov. Ron DeSantis raised the idea this week of changing state law to allow juries to impose the...
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...
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...
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,...
35% of US executions ‘botched’ in 2022 as use of capital punishment remains near 50-year lows,...
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExecutions and death sentences in the United States remained near 50-year lows in 2022, but “an...