Creative Execution

Mark Fiore / Truthdig May 8, 2014 I would still be opposed to the death penalty if we executed prisoners by tickling them to death. Dig deeper

Capital Punishment

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No Humane Way to Die

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 2, 2014 No one who supports the death penalty should have the slightest problem with the way Clayton Lockett died. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

We’re Running Out of Ways to Kill People — Legally

Will Durst / Truthdig Apr 22, 2014 You’d think that we Americans would have enough stuff to worry about. Severe drought desiccating a third of the country. A political system whose major talent is demonstrating stasis in action. The rich using the poor as fleshy paving stones for the road to mansions on the hill. Ben Affleck as Batman. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Larry Flynt

BLANK Oct 20, 2013 The man who made his fortune selling pictures of naked women demonstrates virtue unmatched by most of his peers by writing against the planned execution of the man who left him paralyzed. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Georgia Expedites Executions Ahead of Drug Expiration

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 23, 2013 On March 1, Georgia's stock of lethal injection drugs will hit their expiration date. The deadline has state officials scrambling to execute as many death row inmates as they can in the meantime. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Botched Execution Gives Chance for Testimony

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2009 The failed attempt to execute an Ohio man has given new impetus to a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of lethal injection in the state. Technicians were unable to kill Romell Broom on Tuesday, and now a judge is ordering Broom be deposed in the federal lawsuit, a day before the executioners are to try again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Thou Shalt Kill

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2008 The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that lethal injection cannot be included under the constitutional amendment barring cruel and unusual punishment, clearing the way for the lifting of state moratoriums on executions that were installed last September. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Puts Executions on Hold

Staff / Truthdig Nov 1, 2007 The Supreme Court has placed a temporary moratorium on the death penalty while it considers the legality of lethal injection, which should take months. Justices Scalia and Alito dissented from the opinion, which spared prisoner Earl Wesley Berry only minutes before he was to be killed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Slow, Cruel Death

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2006 A man executed in Florida on Wednesday took 34 minutes to die by lethal injection, and required two doses of lethal chemicals. He appeared to grimace before dying, leading some to believe he experienced pain from the procedure. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )