News & Commentary about Execution Methods
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Nov 17, 2017
Too Old and Too Sick to Execute? No Such Thing in Ohio.
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Jul 25, 2017
Tomorrow Ohio Plans to Restart Executions With Drugs Known to Torture
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Mar 20, 2017
Arkansas’s Reckless Plan to Execute 8 Men in 10 Days Could End in State-Sanctioned Torture Before Death
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Dec 9, 2016
The State of Alabama Last Night Tortured a Man While Slowly Snuffing Out His Life
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Jul 1, 2015
The Death Penalty Has an Innocence Problem — and Its Days Are Numbered
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Jan 16, 2014
New Execution Methods Can’t Disguise Same Old Death Penalty Problems
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Mar 29, 2012
Foreign Lethal Injection Drugs Must Meet FDA Standards
Feb 8, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court Confirms Ohio Can’t Be Trusted to Carry Out Executions
Dec 21, 2011
Europe Won't Supply Execution Cocktail to U.S.