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South Carolina can't electrocute death row inmates who opt for nonexistent firing squad, court rules
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America’s bloodiest state votes to ban the death penalty
Speed Read Virginia has executed more than 1,300 people in its 400-year history
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U.S. executes 8th inmate this year, after Justice Barrett, other Supreme Court conservatives lift stay
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Divided 5-4 Supreme Court clears way for 2nd federal execution his week
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Daniel Lewis Lee was 'strapped to a gurney' for 4 hours as he awaited Supreme Court's execution ruling, lawyer says
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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
By The Week Staff Last updated
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