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Feature June 1, 2015
After Lethal Injection
Three states, three ways to kill a human being.
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Two individuals in black suits walk through the entrance of a barbed wire fence. A tan prison is behind the fence.
Closing Argument January 27, 2024
New Execution Methods, Old Problems
What the first execution by nitrogen in the U.S. says about capital punishment.
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A photograph shows barbed wire and a prison tower at Holman Prison at sunset.
Death Sentences January 18, 2024
Vomiting, Seizures, Stroke: What Could Happen in the First Nitrogen Execution in the U.S.
A doctor on what’s new — and what isn’t — about the latest death penalty experiment.
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An illustration shows a window into a room where a person is covered by a bedsheet while lying on top of a gurney. Two guards stand on the left and right sides of the window in the foreground.
St. Louis January 8
How Missouri Denied Condemned Men Spiritual Advisers at Their Deaths
“We’re talking about constitutional rights in someone’s dying moments,” one advocate said.
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