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US death penalty states seek alternatives to lethal injection

Turgon on May 24, 2014, 10:20 am

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I mentioned the debacle surrounding the execution of Clayton Lockett previously. The problem has been that lethal injection was seen as a humane way to end a condemned criminal’s life. It had the appearance of a medical procedure. Unfortuantely a combination of problems with drug choices and doses and more importantly the limited competence of the execution staff at gaining and maintaining intravenous access have led to a number of botched executions where death was not the at least outwardly …

Death penalty-free world?

Patrick Corrigan on October 9, 2012, 5:00 pm

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We’re winning! That’s not a claim you may hear too often from human rights activists, but in the case of the global struggle against the death penalty, it’s true. The momentum around the world is towards ending executions. The vast majority of countries have now abandoned the death penalty. On the eve of World Day against the Death Penalty, that’s worth noting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtLxXU0Gotk&feature=youtu.be Yet a small, and increasingly isolated, group of governments continue to put their own people to death. …