Death penalty

US state mulls using untried execution method
Alabama may resort to using nitrogen hypoxia instead of lethal injection to carry out a death sentence, authorities say
Sep 13, 2022 12:08
Japan executes mass murderer
Tomohiro Kato has been hanged for a 2008 truck-ramming and knife massacre in Tokyo that claimed the lives of seven people
Jul 26, 2022 07:18
George Floyd’s killer avoids death penalty
Derek Chauvin has been given 21 years in prison after a federal plea deal eliminated the risk of capital punishment being imposed
Jul 7, 2022 22:16
Belarus may execute 'terrorists'
Lawmakers advance proposal to make attempted acts of terrorism punishable by death
Apr 27, 2022 23:36
Killing of Swede & American in Congo results in 51 death sentences
The country has a moratorium on carrying out executions, however
Jan 29, 2022 23:22
US death row inmate pressing lawsuit against ‘inhumane & painful’ lethal injection method ‘convulsed & vomited’ during execution
An Oklahoma death row inmate who sued the state over its lethal injection protocol – deeming it painful and inhumane – has been executed by the same drug cocktail, with one witness saying he convulsed dozens of times before dying.
Oct 29, 2021 03:23

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