Raw Story on MSNOpinion

Horror of botched red state execution revealed in lawyer's harrowing NYT op-ed

Capital defense lawyer Maria DeLiberato met her client last March. Tony Carruthers was scheduled to face the death penalty ...

'Torturous': Botched Tennessee execution sparks US death row debate

A failed execution in Tennessee left death row inmate Tony Carruthers bleeding and moaning, a witness says. Attorneys for ...

For 90 Minutes, I Watched an Execution Go Horribly Awry

Last month, I walked into Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to watch the State of Tennessee kill my client, Tony ...
Iowa Public Radio

Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad

The number of executions around the globe spiked to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International, with state-sanctioned killings nearly doubling in the United States in ...
Skagit Valley Herald

Washington state had 8 inmates on death row when executions ended. Are they still alive?

TACOMA, Wash. — It’s been more than 15 years since Washington state executed a death row inmate. In 2014, then-Gov. Jay Inslee placed a moratorium on executions for the remainder of his term. This ...
Cleveland.com

There’s a big impediment to Ohio resuming executions, even if it wanted to, DeWine says

COLUMBUS, Ohio—For Ohio to resume executions, state lawmakers would need to pass a “shield law” to prevent pharmaceutical companies from discovering that their drugs were used in lethal injections, ...