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Ron DeSantis Wants to Make It Easier to Execute People
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t a fan of unanimous juries and how much harder they make applying the death penalty.
Alabama Just Botched the Execution of Alan Miller
Alabama had to halt the execution of Alan Miller after spending too long trying to find a vein for the lethal injection.
Richard Glossip Has Survived 3 Execution Dates. Now He’s Set for a Fourth.
Richard Glossip, 59, was sentenced to death in Oklahoma in 2004. Since then, he's eaten his last meal three times.
Arizona Just Executed Its First Inmate Since 2014 Botched Lethal Injection
Clarence Dixon is the first Arizona death row inmate to be executed since Joseph Wood repeatedly gasped and took two hours to die in 2014.
Why Is the US Going Back to Executions by Firing Squad?
Utah, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and South Carolina have all legalized executions by firing squad once again.
2 Death Row Inmates Are Facing a Horrible Choice: Being Shot or Electrocuted
The state passed a law last month allowing executions by firing squad, but they haven’t actually assembled one yet.
Arizona Wants to Bring Back Zyklon B for Gas Chamber Executions
The state has reportedly ordered the ingredients necessary to make the deadly compound.
Brandon Bernard Was Just Put to Death In Trump's Unprecedented Push for Executions
His death marks the ninth federal execution this year.
The Trump Administration Was Just Blocked From Carrying Out the First Federal Execution in 17 Years
Daniel Lewis Lee, a 47-year-old former white supremacist, was set to die by lethal injection Monday afternoon.
Alabama Still Executed Nathaniel Woods Even Though Someone Else Confessed to Killing 3 Police Officers
The case of 44-year-old Nathaniel Woods, convicted in 2005 of murder in connection to the killing of three police officers, drew the attention of Kim Kardashian and Martin Luther King III.
A Judge Just Stopped the Trump Administration's Plan to Bring Back Federal Executions
AG Bill Barr had said the executions would rely on a single drug instead of the three-drug cocktail typically used.
The Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Federal Executions After 16 Years
Attorney General William Barr instructed the Bureau of Prisons on Thursday to schedule executions of five death-row inmates.