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Report: U.S. states carrying out death penalties in 2023 hit new 20-year low
Yahoo News· 5 months agoA new report that analyzes the application of capital punishment in America found that 2023 marked a...
Idaho murders: State seeks the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIdaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger could face the death penalty at trial. The state sought...
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...
'Some real problems here': Multiple states under scrutiny for recent lethal injection failures
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecent failures by several states to properly insert intravenous lines during executions have...
Could Ohio be the next state to use nitrogen gas in executions? A new method would end a 5-year halt
Associated Press via AOL· 3 months agoOhio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday to bring...
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'...
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...
Louisiana lawmaker proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the state's execution methods
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoLouisiana's infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last...
Biden said he opposed death penalty. Why do feds want to kill the Buffalo shooter?
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPresident Joseph Biden's stated opposition to the death penalty is running counter to his...
Why are states like Alabama, which is planning to use nitrogen gas, exploring new execution methods?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn Alabama execution Thursday that would be the first to use nitrogen gas is the result of a long...