NJ.com18d
Black people experience more mistakes during executions than any other race, report finds
They found that race significantly increases the odds of a botched execution, with Black people having 220 percent higher chances of experiencing one than white people. “In their efforts to ...
PBS8d
History of the Death Penalty
[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...
The Guardian12d
Prison officers traumatized by rate of executions in US death penalty states
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executions The relentless pursuit of “non-stop executions” by a ...
‘Man up’: Oklahoma judge says corrections staff should just ‘suck it up’ and stop asking for more time between executions
Right: FILE – This Oct. 9, 2014, file photo shows the gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in ...
KERA News22d
States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why
Studies of the death penalty have long shown racial inequality in its application, but a new report has found the disparity extends inside the death chamber itself. In an analysis of the more than ...
Time25d
Japanese Court Dismisses Death Row Inmates’ Lawsuit Challenging Short Notice of Executions
A Japanese district court in Osaka on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by death row inmates seeking an end to the country’s practice of giving just a couple hours notice before execution as well ...