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Execution Chaos

DN! In DepthJuly 24, 2014

This page features Democracy Now! coverage of executions, problems with lethal injection, and related interviews about capital punishment in the United States.

Stories
StoryApr 30, 2014

Execution Chaos: Witness Recounts Botched Killing that Caused Okla. Prisoner’s Fatal Heart Attack

StoryOct 25, 2012

Prop 34: Ex-San Quentin Prison Warden Jeanne Woodford Backs California Measure to End Death Penalty

StorySep 21, 2012

Troy Davis One Year Later: Execution Fuels National Movement to Abolish Death Penalty

StorySep 14, 2012

In Controversial Death Row Case, Pennsylvania Prepares to Execute Man Who Killed His Sexual Abusers

StoryAug 08, 2012

Texas Executes Man with IQ of 61; State Cites Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” to Justify Killing

StoryOct 03, 2011

Mourners Call for Abolishing Death Penalty at Funeral for Troy Davis in Georgia

StoryApr 12, 2012

Connecticut Poised to Repeal Death Penalty as Momentum Grows for Supreme Court Challenge

StoryDec 30, 2010

Son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: “My Parents Were Executed Under the Unconstitutional Espionage Act — Here’s Why We Must Fight to Protect Julian Assange”

StoryJul 17, 2007

The Execution Tapes: Georgia’s Secret Audio Recordings of Two Executions

ColumnApr 30, 2014

When Cruel and Unusual Punishment Becomes Usual

StoryApr 01, 2013

Prosecutor Seeks Stay of Execution for Texas Prisoner Duane Buck, Sentenced to Death for Being Black

StoryMay 07, 2013

Mississippi to Execute Willie Manning Tonight After Rejecting DNA Tests & FBI’s Admission of Error

Web ExclusiveMay 07, 2013

Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Stay of Execution of Willie Jerome Manning

StoryMar 20, 2014

“Team Pentobarbital”: OK Officials Joked About Seeking Football Tix for Help with Execution Drugs

StoryMar 05, 2014

“The Death Penalty is a Hate Crime”: Bob Autobee Speaks Out to Spare Life of Son’s Killer

StoryFeb 07, 2014

Execution Chaos: Witnesses Say Executions Are Botched as States Use Untested, Secret Drug Cocktails

StorySep 20, 2013

“I Am Troy Davis”: Supporters, Family of Georgian Man Executed in 2011 Push to End Death Penalty

Web ExclusiveSep 20, 2013

VIDEO TIMELINE: Democracy Now! Reports on the Case of Troy Davis

Web ExclusiveSep 19, 2013

READ: New Book, “I Am Troy Davis,” Published on Second Anniversary of His Execution

Web ExclusiveJun 19, 2013

Dead Man Walking: Extended Interview with Sister Helen Prejean on Decades of Death Penalty Activism

StoryJun 19, 2013

Sister Helen Prejean & Bill Pelke on Freeing the Death Row Prisoner Who Killed Pelke’s Grandmother

StoryMay 22, 2013

After 3 Trials, Memphis Prisoner Timothy McKinney Wins Freedom by Pleading Guilty to Crime He Denies

StoryJul 24, 2014

Botched 2-Hour Arizona Execution “Shrouded in Secrecy” Fuels Outrage over Lethal Injection Methods

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