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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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Amid new DNA evidence, Missouri governor stays execution of death row inmate
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Judge lifts court order blocking 2nd Arkansas execution Monday night
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Alabama Senate votes to use nitrogen gas in executions
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Supreme Court blocks Arkansas executions
Speed Read Prisoners Don Davis and Bruce Ward saved from the death penalty with just hours to spare
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U.S. Supreme Court blocks first of 8 planned Arkansas executions in 11 days
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