Motorcyclists to protest against ‘cash grab’ Ulez expansion Riders will gather at six locations around London before descending on Surrey’s Box Hill on Sunday. The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023
Alabama man executed following pause on lethal injections It was the first execution carried out in Alabama this year after the state halted executions in November The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2023
OPINION - The London Discount: Britain’s biggest firms would be worth £460bn more in New York Education, skills, demand for labour – a range of factors determine how much any of us are worth. But the single biggest factor is geography. A car wash manager in the US can earn more than the head of cyber security at HM Treasury in London, who in turn makes… Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023
Britain’s biggest firms would be worth £460 billion more if they listed in New York, research finds The London stock market, once the world’s premier index, is in danger of becoming a backwater for equities Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023
Alabama: We want crueler executions State court gives Gov. Kay Ivey full control over death warrants, which may be both illegal and unconstitutional Salon · Jan 23, 2023
‘Truly abysmal’ performance of ‘green’ and ‘ethical’ City funds Shares in Shell often appear in funds marketed as “green” Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2022
Alabama halts executions; can't fix them After a gruesome series of executions gone wrong, Gov. Kay Ivey hits pause. But there's no fixing the death penalty Salon · Nov 23, 2022
Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is seeking a pause in executions and ordering a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2022
Alabama failed to complete an execution by lethal injection for a third time The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state's second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate in the past two months and its third since 2018. WEKU · Nov 19, 2022
Alabama Execution Called Off Because Officials Couldn't Insert Needle For the second time in three months, the state struggles and fails to execute a death row inmate. Reason · Nov 18, 2022
Alabama fails to complete lethal injection for 3rd time Alabama started and then stopped another lethal injection because prison workers were unable to establish the intravenous lines needed to administer a deadly dose The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022
Hitman Kenneth Eugene Smith who killed preacher's wife dodges execution at 11th hour Kenneth Eugene Smith, who killed preacher's wife Elizabeth Sennett for a $1,000 bounty saw the deadline for his execution pass after a failure to find a vein to inject the lethal dose Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022
Alabama execution set in murder-for-hire of preacher's wife Alabama is preparing to execute a man convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022
'Media literacy' advocates push to create savvier consumers of news and information The Instagram headline was pithy and alarming: “Head of Pfizer Research: Covid Vaccine is Female Sterilization.” And the report, from a murky source, could have had real-world consequences, coming in 2020, just as the U.S. rolled out the first vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Los Angeles Times · Oct 27, 2022
Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022 Revealed: how top pension funds crashed even before gilts crisis Around 85,000 people have seen the value of their pension funds halve this year
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022 Judge grills Alabama officials over lethal injection process A federal judge on Wednesday questioned Alabama officials about the state’s lethal injection procedures — including how many needle “pokes” are too many — after problems with vein access at the state’s last two scheduled executions
Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022 ‘Botched execution’ lasted 90 minutes as Alabama inmate survived ‘torture,’ lawsuit says An Alabama inmate on death row survived a “botched execution” lasting 90 minutes as prison workers unsuccessfully searched for his veins, according to a federal lawsuit.
The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2022 Alabama abandons execution after failing to find vein for lethal injection Alan Miller’s judicial killing called off two months after execution of Joe Nathan James took three hours
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022 Alabama asks US Supreme Court to let it carry out execution A federal appeals court has rejected Alabama’s attempt to proceed with the scheduled evening execution of an inmate who claims the state lost his paperwork selecting an alternative to lethal injection
The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022 Alabama asks court to let it carry out lethal injection Alabama has asked a federal appeals court to let it proceed with the lethal injection Thursday of an inmate who claims the state lost his paperwork selecting an alternative execution method
Salon · Sep 20, 2022 Alabama plans to kill a man: But how? Alabama offered death-row inmates an untested method of execution — and then went back to the even worse option
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022 Judge blocks upcoming lethal injection in Alabama A U.S. judge on Monday blocked Alabama from executing an inmate who says the state lost his paperwork requesting an alternative to lethal injection
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022 Alabama can’t perform execution using untested method after last-minute decision Man convicted of three killings in 1999 has tried to stop use of lethal injection
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022 Alabama says its not ready to execute by nitrogen hypoxia Alabama's prison commissioner said the state is not ready to carry out an execution by nitrogen hypoxia
The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022 Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions A federal judge told Alabama to stop being vague and give a firm answer by Thursday evening on if the prison system might use the untested execution method of nitrogen hypoxia at an execution next week