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The Slow Undoing of America's Death Penalty Jan. 23, 2024
On Jan. 25, Alabama intends to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith by a method known as nitrogen hypoxia. T... Read More
How Many Did Supreme Court Sentence to Death in Recent Term? Jul. 05, 2023
The Supreme Court's ethics-tainted term ended last week. Plenty has been written on the court's mome... Read More
To Honor a Killer's Last Request -- Or Not? Sep. 18, 2021
A medium-rare rib-eye steak, a baked potato with butter and sour cream, an iceberg lettuce salad, ga... Read More
A Common-Sense Ruling on Death Penalty Drugs May. 19, 2019
WASHINGTON — If there's one thing that tells you government in America is too big and unaccoun... Read More
Our Dying Death Penalty Dec. 19, 2015
As much of the world is consumed with how to respond to the bloodthirsty and murderous group known a... Read More
California's New Death Row: Virginia Oct. 01, 2015
California has a new death row; it's called Virginia. Anti-death penalty advocates, federal judges a... Read More
The Church Shooter and Capital Punishment Jun. 23, 2015
It is fitting, if late, that South Carolina's political leaders seem ready to evict the Confederate ... Read More
Yes, California, There Is a Death Penalty Feb. 10, 2015
What happened to California's death penalty? There has not been an execution since 2006, when a fede... Read More
The Triumph of Dubious Death Penalty Appeals Jul. 20, 2014
A — all bow — federal judge has ruled that California's death penalty is unconstitutiona... Read More
A Lethal Injection of Reality May. 07, 2014
Sixteen minutes into last week's botched lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the wa... Read More
If Lethal Injection Is Torture, Who's Responsible? May. 02, 2014
News reports this week were filled with lamentations from death penalty opponents about the messy an... Read More
