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Death Penalties, Executions Slow As Capital Punishment Is Squeezed

The U.S. is on track for the fewest executions since 1991.
By Jon Herskovitz, Reuters

Supreme Court Grants Stay For Missouri Man On Death Row

Ernest Lee Johnson claims the execution drug could cause painful seizures because he still has part of a benign tumor in his brain.
By Jim Salter, AP

REPORT: Arizona Tried To Illegally Import Execution Drug

Some states have been struggling to obtain legal execution drugs for several years after European companies refused to sell the drugs.
By ASTRID GALVAN, AP

Arkansas' Highest Court Keeps Executions On Hold For Now

"I think people saw what happened in Oklahoma, and the people of Arkansas do not want that to happen here."
By Claudia Lauer, AP

Solitary Confinement Case Dies With Death-Row Inmate's Execution

Supreme Court tosses Alfredo Prieto's challenge two weeks after his execution.
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The Supreme Court Let A Man Die. He Was Executed With The Wrong Drug

The court placed far too much faith in Oklahoma's disastrous lethal injection protocol in January and in June.
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Arkansas Judge Halts Executions As Inmates Challenge Law

The lethal injection drugs' safety and effectiveness can't be vetted, a lawyer for the inmates argues.
By AP

Oklahoma Reportedly Used The Wrong Drug In A January Execution

After receiving the first drug in the lethal injection series, the man being executed said, "My body is on fire."
By AP

Montana Judge Strikes Down State's Lethal Injection Protocol

The ruling indefinitely postpones Montana executions.
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Justice Breyer Couldn't Save Richard Glossip, But He Won The Day Anyway

Oklahoma's disastrous lethal-injection protocol shows he was right about the death penalty all along.
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