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Judge blocks 1st federal execution in 17 years, in latest legal challenge to restarting death penalty
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Supreme Court clears way for 1st federal execution since 2003 in 5-4 decision
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Texas executes Larry Swearingen despite contested forensic evidence
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Why the death penalty has been suspended in California
Speed Read The generally liberal state has the most death-row prisoners in the US, and voters are split on the issue
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Brit facing 15 years in Indonesian jail over cannabis oil
Speed Read Cornish artist Pip Holmes arrested after allegedly going to collect package containing 31kg of medicinal THC oil
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Why inmates on death row are choosing the electric chair
Speed Read Inmates in Tennessee are opting for electrocution because of botched lethal injection fears
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Asia Bibi: how blasphemy case divided Pakistan
In Depth Christian farm worker acquitted after eight years on death row for allegedly insulting Islam
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Tennessee carries out first execution since 2009, using 'torturous' drug cocktail
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Pope Francis calls for end to death penalty
In Depth Shift in Catholic teaching could have a global impact
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Which countries still use the death penalty?
In Depth The Catholic Church has announced that it will now officially oppose capital punishment
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Isis Beatles: UK ‘drops opposition to death penalty’ for the jihadists
Speed Read Home Secretary will seek ‘no assurances’ that two British fighters are not executed under US law
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Which country executes the most people?
Speed Read At least 993 executions recorded worldwide last year but true figure may be far higher
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Doyle Lee Hamm: ‘botched’ aborted execution was ‘torture’
Speed Read Alabama death row inmate in agony after two-and-a-half hour ordeal
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Florida inmate executed with experimental injection
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