The death penalty is a gamble that we are not willing to take
The surest and simplest way to make sure that the human error involved in every component of the death penalty process is avoided is simply to end it.
Read More ‘It’s problematic’: inventor of US lethal injection reveals death penalty doubts
Dr Jay Chapman sought to develop a more humane method of execution but miscarriages of justice leave him ambivalent about capital punishment
Read MoreSupreme Court debates challenge to execution drug
Justice Elena Kagan contended that the way states carry out most executions amounts to having prisoners “burned alive from the inside.”
Read MoreEditorial: Pharmacists association’s policy yet another strike against death penalty
Instead of adopting convoluted and unmerited laws to shield the identity of medical professionals who help with executions, Ohio should get rid of the death penalty altogether, as this editorial […]
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