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This Doctor Helped Send Ramiro Gonzales to Death Row. Now He’s Changed His Mind.

Texas plans to execute Gonzales this week even though the expert witness says he isn’t a ‘threat to society.’

Death Sentences • 07.12.2022

The Supreme Court Let The Death Penalty Flourish. Now Americans are Ending It Themselves.

As Roe v. Wade ends, a look back at how the court reversed itself on capital punishment — spurring an anti-death penalty movement.

Death Sentences • 06.29.2022

The Return of the Firing Squad?

With a scarcity of lethal injection drugs, South Carolina has brought back an archaic execution method. In other states, men on death row are asking for it.

Death Sentences • 04.08.2022

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