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Lethal Injection
February 12, 2019
Domineque Ray Died So the Death Penalty Could Live
The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.
June 30, 2015
The Supreme Court Isn’t Afraid to Mess With Texas
June 29, 2015
The Supreme Court Just Approved a Lethal Injection Drug that No One Understands
June 29, 2015
Justice Samuel Alito: Death Is Often Painful, So Why Shouldn't Lethal Injection Be?
May 20, 2015
Lethal Entanglements
April 29, 2015
Supreme Court Conservatives Accuse Death Penalty Opponents of “Guerrilla War”
A case about a lethal injection drug turns into a debate about capital punishment itself
April 29, 2015
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Why the Lethal Injection Drug Debated by the Supreme Court Today Is Unconstitutional
July 24, 2014
2014 Is Already the Worst Year in the History of Lethal Injection
Another day, another problematic execution
May 29, 2014
Photos from a Botched Lethal Injection
An exclusive look at what happens when an execution goes badly
April 30, 2014
Cruel But Not Unusual
How Oklahoma botched Clayton Lockett's execution

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