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Missouri Ranks First for Executions Per Capita

Summary: Missouri may not be performing the most executions per year but when comparing it the population of the state,…

First Lethal Drug Execution since Glossip v. Gross

Summary: State lawyers and the US Supreme Court made it clear in the dismissal of Zink's appeals that citing Breyer’s…

New Orleans Appeals Court Delays Execution of Scott Panetti

Summary: Scott Panetti, a mentally ill man, had his execution delayed in the state of Texas by an appeals court in…

Disturbing Execution of Clayton Lockett Triggers Filing of Lawsuit by the ACLU and News Outlets

Summary: Clayton Lockett was sentenced to death on April 29 of this year. After he received his lethal injection, he…

Inmate Dies of Heart Attack After Execution is Halted

The state of Oklahoma used a new drug combination for the first time during an execution and it went horribly…

Dennis McGuire Suffers During Execution in Ohio

A brand new combination of drugs used for the first time in the United States on a death row inmate…

North Korean Power Struggle and the Execution that Followed

An Intelligence agency in South Korea suggested a business dispute between Jong Un and his uncle may have been…

Aaron Hernandez Pleads Not Guilty to “Orchestrated Execution”

NFL player Aaron Hernandez pleads not guilty to the first degree murder charge of Odin Lloyd. He also pleads not…

Texas Reaches 500 Executions after Reviving Death Penalty

After reviving the death penalty in 1982, Texas reached the milestone of 500 executions with the execution of Kimberly McCarthy,…

Down’s Syndrome-affected Minor Christian Girl Headed for Execution in Pakistan

A minor Christian girl suffering from Down’s Syndrome has been arrested by the Pakistan police under blasphemy laws that provide…

Low IQ Texas-inmate Loses Battle against Execution in U.S. Supreme Court

In an early order on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court curtly informed, “The application for stay of execution of sentence…

Now, a Killer is Incompetent for Execution

On Friday, an Ohio state court judge ruled that a man sentenced to death for the murder of his estranged…