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Lethal Injection
February 12, 2019
Matt Ford
Domineque Ray Died So the Death Penalty Could Live
The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.
June 30, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The Supreme Court Isn’t Afraid to Mess With Texas
June 29, 2015
Ben Crair
The Supreme Court Just Approved a Lethal Injection Drug that No One Understands
June 29, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Justice Samuel Alito: Death Is Often Painful, So Why Shouldn't Lethal Injection Be?
May 20, 2015
Ben Crair
Lethal Entanglements
April 29, 2015
Cristian Farias
Supreme Court Conservatives Accuse Death Penalty Opponents of “Guerrilla War”
A case about a lethal injection drug turns into a debate about capital punishment itself
April 29, 2015
David B. Waisel, Paul Litton
Why the Lethal Injection Drug Debated by the Supreme Court Today Is Unconstitutional
July 24, 2014
Ben Crair
2014 Is Already the Worst Year in the History of Lethal Injection
Another day, another problematic execution
May 29, 2014
Ben Crair
Photos from a Botched Lethal Injection
An exclusive look at what happens when an execution goes badly
April 30, 2014
Ben Crair
Cruel But Not Unusual
How Oklahoma botched Clayton Lockett's execution

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