Death Penalty
Missouri Execution on Track Despite Losing Drug, Governor Says
Oklahoma pharmacy will not supply pentobarbital
Death Row Inmates Who Claim Innocence Almost 3 Times More Likely to Reject Last Meal
Also order less calories, study finds
Washington Governor Announces Moratorium on Death Penalty
Says it's not "equal justice"
Supreme Court Stays Execution of Missouri Inmate
Missouri has not released details about the compounding pharmacy making the execution drugs
Amid Falling Supply of Lethal Injection Drugs Some States Consider Older Execution Methods
State representative in Missouri has proposed firing squads
Texas Executes Mexican National After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal
Mexico insisted it would be a violation of international law
Virginia's House of Delegates Passes Bill Mandating Use of Electric Chair if Lethal Injection Can't Be Performed
European manufactures are making if difficult for states to buy the drugs used in lethal injections
Mo. Bill Would Allow Firing Squads for Executions
A response to issues with getting the drugs for lethal injections
Ohio Facing Lawsuit Over Twenty-Five Minute Execution That Used New Combination of Drugs
Dennis McGuire put to death last night
Family of Ohio Death Row Inmate Plan to Sue Over Botched Execution
Took nearly 25 minutes
Lawyer: Ohio Death Row Inmate's Execution Botched
New drug took more than 20 minutes to kill him
Supreme Court Allows For Ohio Man To Be Executed By Untested Method
Dennis McGuire's attorneys claim he could suffer from air hunger
Ohio Man Facing Never-Tried Execution Method
Manufacturer of drug usually used in the process no longer allows it to be used in executions
Kim Jong-un's Uncle Was Not Stripped and Fed to Starved Dogs
Story started after satirical post was put on a Chinese social media network
Kim Jong-un's Executed Uncle Reportedly Eaten Alive By 120 Starved Dogs
According to a newspaper with links to the Chinese Communist Party
Report: Number of Death Sentences Carried Out in US Declined in 2013
In part due to drug shortages
Four Killed in Clashes Following Execution of Islamic Opposition Leader in Bangladesh
Abdul Quader Mollah was convicted of war crimes
Execution of Bangladeshi Islamist Opposition Leader Upheld
The news prompted violent protests
Supreme Court Restores Death Sentence in Kansas Murder Case
Defendant argued Fifth Amendment violation for being forced to submit to mental health testing
Afghanistan Considers Bringing Back Stoning for Adultery
Yeah, this was a country worth getting involved with
Joseph Paul Franklin Executed After Supreme Court Rejects Requests For Stay
White supremacist blamed for 22 killings
Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution For Serial Killer
Joseph Paul Franklin's lawyer had raised concerns over the use of a new execution drug
Ohio Governor Delays Man's Execution over Prospect of Organ Donations
At least it's all voluntary, for the moment
Death Row Inmate's Request to Donate Organs Denied
Ohio authorities say he made request too late
Feds to Announce Penalty Recommendation for Boston Bomber Soon
Does anybody think they won't recommend the death penalty?
North Korea Publicly Executes Up to 80 People
Some for watching South Korea movies or having a bible
Florida Grants New Trial to Man Two Hours from Execution
Has been on death row for nearly three decades
Death Sentence Upheld in NH Cop-Killing Case
Would be first execution in the state since 1939
Support for Death Penalty in US Lowest in 40 Years
Still a majority -- 60 percent -- favor it for convicted murderers
