Opponents of death penalty ask CT lawmakers for ban on sale of lethal injection drugs
Connecticut companies would be banned from selling drugs used in capital punishment under bill opposed by state hospitals.
South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber ...
Arizona Mirror5d
Legal briefs challenge Arizona’s lethal injection drugs as illegal
Medical experts and death row inmates file legal briefs challenging legality of Arizona's execution drugs ahead of March ...
Death row inmate’s chilling last words for warden before lethal injection are revealed
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.
What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...
The Washington Post4d
South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber. The justices on Friday rejected a request from ...
Newsday3d
South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
The justices on Friday rejected a request from Brad Sigmon's lawyers to delay setting a date for his death until they get autopsy results from the inmate killed in last week's lethal injection ...
The State3d
As questions persist about SC’s lethal injection, court schedules fourth person for death
His scheduled execution comes as legal challenges continue against the state’s secretive lethal injection protocol. The temporary halt in executions was caused by the state’s inability to ...