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A Progressive Justice Billed This Method of Execution as “Relatively Quick and Painless.” She Was Wrong.

The death penalty in the United States is sustained by a fantasy and an illusion. Americans imagine that when the state kills, it can do so in a humane manner. We’ve tried many things to turn that ...

Should Indiana allow execution by firing squad? A new bill will make it legal

Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...
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'A remarkable development': States expanding their execution methods to firing squad, more

Until the past 18 months, death row inmates in the United States were executed with mostly one method in modern history: lethal injection. It's a unique situation globally. While many nations are ...
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VERIFY: Iryna's Law could expand methods of execution

ELON, N.C. — Update: On the deadline, Fri., Oct. 3, Gov. Josh Stein signed Iryna's Law. The clock is ticking on the fate of capital punishment, in a controversial bill Gov. Josh Stein has until Friday ...
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Tennessee will have it's first execution in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and what methods are used

Tennessee will hold one of its first executions in years on May 22. It has been five years since the state held an execution and now four people are set to be executed in Tennessee before the end of ...
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Democrats walk out of vote as NC Senate calls for alternate methods of execution

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A Republican-drafted crime bill introduced in response to the fatal stabbing on Charlotte’s light rail last month appeared to have ...