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The Amount of Naloxone We're Giving Cops Is Too Damn High

Mar 28, 2024

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The Amount of Naloxone We're Giving Cops Is Too Damn High

Why more isn't always better.

Major Gas Suppliers Are Backing out of Executions. Will It Matter?

Mar 20, 2024

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Major Gas Suppliers Are Backing out of Executions. Will It Matter?

Plus: Willie Pye's upcoming execution.

Why Lethal Injection Has an IV Problem Epidemic

Mar 7, 2024

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Why Lethal Injection Has an IV Problem Epidemic

The protocols, the providers, and the patients make for the worst mix imaginable.

A Brief History of Pentobarbital Executions, as Ivan Cantu and Thomas Creech's Dates Loom

Feb 27, 2024

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A Brief History of Pentobarbital Executions, as Ivan Cantu and Thomas Creech's Dates Loom

Chosen for convenience rather than effectiveness, the barbiturate hasn't changed much about lethal injection's record.

Oxygen Isn't Magic: Expanding on My Comments in "The retconning of George Floyd"

Feb 22, 2024

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Oxygen Isn't Magic: Expanding on My Comments in "The retconning of George Floyd"

Once more, with feeling: "That isn't how this works."

Alabama's Disastrous New Execution Method Is Hitting the Road Anyway

Feb 8, 2024

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Alabama's Disastrous New Execution Method Is Hitting the Road Anyway

As their predecessors did with lethal injection, prison officials are pushing to adopt nitrogen gas asphyxiation despite evidence it doesn't deliver on its promises.

Richard Glossip: Meet the Face of America's Death Penalty Depravity

Feb 1, 2024

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Richard Glossip: Meet the Face of America's Death Penalty Depravity

In 2015, the Supreme Court didn't care if Richard Glossip got tortured to death. This fall, they'll hear arguments about whether it matters if he did it.

From the Precipice, Nitrogen Asphyxiation Looks a Lot Like Lethal Injection Did

Jan 23, 2024

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From the Precipice, Nitrogen Asphyxiation Looks a Lot Like Lethal Injection Did

Should we expect a better result when Alabama kills Kenny Smith via the new Great White Hope of the death penalty?

Lethal Injection Hates Sunlight

Jan 16, 2024

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Lethal Injection Hates Sunlight

Florida inmates' legal victory highlights the deception states employ to keep the execution method going.

Florida Stands Ready to Protect Its First Responders from Nothing

Jan 11, 2024

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Florida Stands Ready to Protect Its First Responders from Nothing

The myth of casual-contact fentanyl overdose is wasteful and dangerous, but when has that stopped us?

Medics, Not Medicine, Killed Elijah McClain

Jan 5, 2024

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Medics, Not Medicine, Killed Elijah McClain

Ketamine had little to do with what happened in Aurora, and our most vulnerable patients are worse off in the rush to take it away from EMS.

The Enviable Ignorance of Tucker Carlson

Dec 28, 2023

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The Enviable Ignorance of Tucker Carlson

It must be nice to know fentanyl overdose only as a talking point.

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