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Executed Arkansas inmates’ attorneys call for investigation of “botched” lethal injections

04.28.17

By Taylor Dolven and Carter Sherman
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An 80-year-old chemist is not happy his drug is being used in Arkansas’ execution spree

04.25.17

By Lauren Prince
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Arkansas is hours away from 2 more executions in its capital punishment spree

04.24.17

By Tess Owen
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Arkansas vows to continue execution spree after courts stop first two lethal injections

04.18.17

By Taylor Dolven
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Arkansas execution spree in peril as judge blocks use of deadly drug

04.14.17

By Taylor Dolven and Carter Sherman
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Arkansas will execute 8 men in 10 days after getting a new batch of lethal injection drugs

03.14.17

By Tess Owen
A New Report Accuses the Syrian Regime of Secretly Hanging Up to 13,000 Prisoners

02.08.17

By David Gilbert
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A new report accuses the Syrian regime of secretly hanging up to 13,000 prisoners

02.07.17

By David Gilbert
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Ohio executions halted as common lethal injection drugs are ruled unconstitutional

01.26.17

By Tess Owen
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Indonesia Is Preparing to Execute More than a Dozen People for Drug Crimes

05.13.16

By Samuel Oakford
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These Are the Juvenile ‘Offenders’ Saudi Arabia Executed in January

04.26.16

By Miriam Wells and Namir Shabibi
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04.10.16

By Tess Owen

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