Louisiana's infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last used for an execution in 1991, when the state moved to lethal injections as the sole method to carry ...
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 ...
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 ...
Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...
Editor's note: This is the latest edition of Curious Mississippi, a service to the readers of the Clarion Ledger. Other questions answered by Curious Mississippi have surrounded recycling, potholes, ...
This story has been updated to reflect a stay of execution for one of the death row inmates previously assigned a September execution date. Tennessee will hold one of its first executions in years on ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The man scheduled for execution this month in Tennessee has declined to choose an execution method, which is what stopped executions in 2022. Oscar Franklin Smith is ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Gov. Mike Braun said state lawmakers should take a deeper look at how the state carries out executions. The governor’s comments came Tuesday, 12 days after Indiana executed ...
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