When they most likely describe today's execution in glowing terms, understand what they mean.
When people call for putting death row inmates down "like a dog," few understand it'd be an improvement.
The comparisons are natural, but the similarities end at the superficial.
A report on botched lethal injections holds a warning for legitimate medicine.
On April 29th, 2014, Lockett's execution revealed the true nature of lethal injection. Dishearteningly little changed in the decade that followed.
In both their methods and their commitment to institutional secrecy, comparisons between American capital punishment and Nazi state homicide are inevitable.
Junk science helped put a Texas mother on death row. Could real science set her free?
First responders and healthcare workers are the backbone of America—until we inconvenience the machinery of death.
The formula that Oklahoma will use to kill Michael Smith is responsible for lethal injection's most horrifying failures.
Why more isn't always better.
Plus: Willie Pye's upcoming execution.
The protocols, the providers, and the patients make for the worst mix imaginable.
