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"Texas is set to execute Ramiro Gonzales today amid appeals arguing he’s no longer a threat nor eligible for the death penalty," by Dakin Andone, CNN, June 26, 2024
"Alabama lethal injection survivor Alan Eugene Miller seeks to stop ‘horrific’ nitrogen gas execution," Associated Press, June 21, 2024
"Anderson County, Texas District Attorney Requests Execution for Robert Roberson, Despite a Conviction Obtained with Debunked Forensic Science," Death Penalty Information Center, June 20, 2024
"Amicus Briefs Submitted to Florida Supreme Court Describe Non-Unanimous Sentencing Law as a “Quintessential Game of Chance”," Death Penalty Information Center, June 03, 2024
"U.S. among top 5 using death penalty as global executions spike," by George Hale, WFIU, June 03, 2024
"SCOTUS lets Alabama execution continue without lawyer in the death chamber," by Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service, May 30, 2024
"Justices reinstate death sentence for Arizona man," by Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog, May 30, 2024
"Republicans reject bill to outlaw death penalty by nitrogen suffocation in Louisiana," by James Finn, NOLA.com, May 21, 2024
"Federal judge rejects Alabama Death Row inmate Jamie Mills’ innocence claim," by Ivana Hrynkiw, AL.com, May 20, 2024
"Tennessee governor OKs bill allowing death penalty for child rape convictions," by Kimberlee Kruesi, Associated Press, May 14, 2024
"Exclusion of Jewish Jurors Prompts Review of California Death Row Cases," by Tim Arango, New York Times, May 14, 2024
"Alabama approves second nitrogen hypoxia execution," by Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser, May 07, 2024
"Push continues to remove Richard Glossip from death row, briefs filed in support," by Alexandra Sharfman, KOKH FOX 25, May 02, 2024
"Justices Told Error Admission Merits Respect In Capital Case," by Katie Buehler, Law360, April 30, 2024
"Prison officers traumatized by rate of executions in US death penalty states," by Ed Pilkington, The Guardian, April 28, 2024