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Justice Alito Defends Lethal Injection Expert Who Did His Research on Drugs.com
The expert ended up prompting a back-and-forth between Supreme Court justices, who narrowly upheld use of a lethal injection drug.

Legalized Torture: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Cruel Lethal Injections
The Supreme Court's majority opinion, as much as the dissent, shows that the state should not be permitted to execute its citizens.

Mass Incarceration: As Legislative Season Ends, Where Are the Broad Reforms?
The mushrooming prison population is a political ticking time bomb.

Four Governors Who Love the Death Penalty a Little Too Much
These US governors support of the death penalty looks more like blood thirst than a desire for actual justice.

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I’m One of Hundreds Sentenced to Death in Egypt. The US Is “Concerned.” That’s Not Enough
“On May 16, an Egyptian court sentenced me to death in absentia in a highly politicised case.”

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Key Expert in Supreme Court Lethal Injection Case Did His Research on Drugs.com
How the Supreme Court case over lethal injection shows it's becoming nearly impossible to find experts to defend the practice.

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Egyptian Death Sentence for Soccer Fans Puts President’s Iron Grip to the Test
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al Sisi's iron grip on dissident is likely to be put to the test with the sentencing to death of 11 soccer fans for involvement …

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Mercy Is Ours to Give, if We Choose It
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, if spared, will live a long life in the federal penal system.

US Pharmacists Association Urges Members to Stop Providing Execution Drugs
Pharmacists now join physicians and anesthesiologists.

There’s So Much Life Here: A Death Row Prisoner Looks Back on Over 20 Years in Solitary Confinement
Keith LaMar has been in solitary confinement for more than 21 years.