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Here's Why Death Penalty Opponents Say Resuming Federal Executions Is the Wrong Move

By Melissa Chan

Remembering America's 'Angel of Death Row'

By David Von Drehle

Arkansas Is Preparing for Double Lethal Injections

By Josh Sanburn

Death Penalty Slowly Fading Away Across the U.S.

By Josh Sanburn
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The Drug Used in Alabama’s Problematic Execution Has a Controversial History

Midazolam has been criticized for not properly making inmates unconscious

By Josh Sanburn

Obama's Saudi Visit Comes at Fraught Time

The U.S.-Saudi alliance goes deep, but changes in the oil industry and regional politics is calling it into question as the President visits

By Jared Malsin/Istanbul

Behind the Alarming Surge in Executions Worldwide

Figuring out why executions have spiked isn't easy

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U.S. Executions Hit Lowest Level in Two Decades

The number of death sentences declined by one third in the past year

By Josh Sanburn

U.S. Veterans Comprise 10% of Death Row Inmates: Report

About 300 former military personnel are awaiting execution

By Josh Sanburn

Oklahoma Used Wrong Drug in Lethal Injection

Wrong drug used during January execution

By Josh Sanburn

Oklahoma Asks Court to Delay Executions

The state says it received the wrong drug

By Josh Sanburn

Search for Execution Drugs Continues

States still have problems with controversial sedative

By Josh Sanburn

Supreme Court OKs Lethal Injection Drug

The sedative was used in a series of executions widely considered botched

By Josh Sanburn

Which State Will Be Next to Abolish the Death Penalty?

Several more are primed to repeal capital punishment

By Josh Sanburn

Execution of 10 Foreigners in Indonesia Looks Imminent

President Joko Widodo has said he will not interfere

By Kevin McSpadden

Nitrogen Gas Executions Approved

Why Oklahoma became the first state to approve nitrogen gas as a lethal injection alternative

By Josh Sanburn

The Cold, Hard Truth About Death by Firing Squad

It's undeniably brutal — but experts say it may be the most effective way to carry out the death penalty

By Josh Sanburn

Nebraska Considers Eliminating the Death Penalty

With support from Republican lawmakers

By Josh Sanburn

Australians Await Execution

Despite taking a hard-line stance with foreigners on death row in Indonesia, President Joko Widodo has vowed to save the lives of his compatriots facing execution abroad

By Yenni Kwok

Georgia Postpones Executions Over 'Cloudy' Drugs

Georgia's supply of lethal injection drug pentobarbital may have gone bad

By Josh Sanburn
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