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How Trump could implement his death penalty agenda

Trump campaigned heavily on expanding the death penalty and has asked attorney general to help states obtain lethal injection drugs

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Last meal of death row inmate revealed after South Carolina’s first execution in 13 years

Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, previously known as Freddie Owens, died by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2024

Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution

Marcellus Williams, 55, avoided execution at last minute in 2017

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024

Advocates demand Democratic governor empty death row before leaving office

State’s death row – and list of exonerees – is disproportionately filled with people of colour

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Oklahoma executes double killer despite clemency recommendation

Phillip Dean Hancock, 59, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the 2001 killings of Robert Jett Jr and James Lynch

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2023

Sister Helen Prejean sues Louisiana officials over ‘secret’ settlement to slow death penalty appeals

Settlement by state leaders would slow most death penalty clemency appeals

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2023

Tree of Life synagogue shooter is too delusional to get death penalty, defence argues

Prosecutors say shooter showed meticulous planning

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023

Bryan Kohberger could face the firing squad for the Idaho murders. What would this mean?

A recent change in Idaho state law now means he could face the firing squad if convicted of the Idaho college murders

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Missouri jurors sentenced Michael Tisius to die for killing prison guards. So why did they change their mind?

Execution scheduled for Tuesday

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

South Carolina legislature passes ‘barbaric’ law shielding identity of lethal injection drugmakers

The fate of the bills will impact the larger ways capital punishment is administered in the state

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023