Death Penalty

Texas Seeks Sessions' Approval to "Speed Up the Death Penalty Treadmill"

'Spectacular Failure of Leadership': Trump's Opioid Epidemic Proposal Reportedly Includes Plan to Execute Drug Dealers

Julia Conley, staff writer

The president's proposal appears to have been inspired by authoritarian leaders like Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, whose war on drugs has led to thousands of deaths in poor communities

Stunning Critics, Oklahoma Turns to 'Experimental' Use of Nitrogen Gas to Kill People

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The suggestion by authorities that this new method is 'more humane'...ignores...

'State-Sponsored Torture': Ohio Grants Temporary Reprieve After Botched Execution

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Human rights advocates censured the state for making "a spectacle of a man's...

Legal Experts Aghast At Trump's Careless Call for Death Penalty for NYC Suspect

Three Years After Gruesome Execution, Ohio Set to Resume State-Sanctioned Killing

Demand for Probe as Arkansas Killing Spree Concludes With 'Shaking and Convulsions'

'Conveyor Belt of Death' Continues as Arkansas Carries Out Double Execution

With First Vote, Gorsuch Allows 'Machinery of Death' to Whir On in Arkansas

Blocking Execution, US Supreme Court Deals Blow to Arkansas' "Hankering to Kill"

Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas' Execution Spree

Drug Makers Join Lawsuit Against Arkansas' "Conveyor Belt" of Executions

Time Running Out to Halt Arkansas's "Execution Assembly Line"

'Remorseless' Dylan Roof Receives Death Penalty for Church Massacre

Texas Readies to Kill Man—Who Killed No One—for Murder

Delaware Rules Death Penalty Unconstitutional

Further

Tantalizing But Epically Wrong: John Oliver Goes There

In the wake of Oklahoma's mangled killing of Clayton Lockett, John Oliver took on the death penalty on his show Last Week Tonight . Among the hard questions he asks: Should this be allowed in a civilized society, and why is a comedy show talking about this? "It costs up to 10 times more to give someone the death penalty than life in prison. So what we know now is the death penalty is expensive, potentially kills innocent people, and doesn't deter crime. And here is where it gets hard..."