NBC Chicago24d
There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US — that's the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and ...
CBS News17d
Alabama's second nitrogen gas execution follows what critics call an "insistence on secrecy" by corrections officials
There were two options: lethal injection, the default method, which Alabama had been accused of botching in the prison's execution chamber; and nitrogen hypoxia, an experimental alternative that ...
New York Post26d
Final meal of SC inmate put to death in state’s first execution in 13 years revealed
A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection Friday chowed down on a hearty multi-course meal before the Palmetto State carried out its first execution in 13 years. Freddie Owens ...
Los Angeles Times3d
Editorial: Execution despite doubt over guilt is a perversion of justice
The execution of Robert Roberson in Texas remains on track for Thursday, despite serious doubts that he killed or even mistreated his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. Prosecutors and medical experts ...
CBS News26d
Hours before Freddie Owens' execution, friend who testified against him says he lied: "Freddie was not there"
Owens' lawyers on Wednesday filed a sworn statement from the friend and co-defendant, Steven Golden, late Wednesday to try to stop South Carolina from carrying out the execution. Prosecutors ...
The State29d
Freddie Owens’ execution will be SC’s first in 13 years. How will it be carried out?
The shield law was passed, in part, to help the state obtain the drug used to carry out its first execution in 13 years. The provisions of the law, however, extend beyond hiding the manufacturer ...
Oregonian24d
5 executions scheduled in one week in US for first time in more than 20 years
Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and ...
The New York Times22d
Alabama Carries Out Second Execution Using Nitrogen Gas
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs Alabama conducted the second execution in the United States using nitrogen gas on Thursday, with media witnesses describing the prisoner shaking and gasping for several ...
Rolling Stone29d
Prosecutors, Jurors, and the Victim’s Family Want His Execution Tossed. Will it Matter?
His father left him, too, unwanted. Now, on the brink of execution for a murder he says he did not commit, 55-year-old Williams has a legion in his corner. No one wants him to die — not the ...
Los Angeles Times27d
Editorial: Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice
In the days before the execution, a key witness against him admitted testifying falsely at trial to save himself, and said Owens had nothing to do with the 1999 murder for which he was convicted.
The Independent24d
There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US. That's the most in decades
1/2There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US. That's the most in decades As your White House correspondent, I ask the tough questions and seek the answers that matter. Your support ...
The Boston Globe22d
There are five executions set over a week’s span in the US. That’s the most in decades.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Death row inmates in five states are scheduled to be put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both ...