From here, and kind of nuts: as you can see below, there are essentially five methods by which the United States has ever killed someone (in an execution sense, at least): Hanging Firing Squad Electrocution Gas Chamber Lethal Injection Regardless… Continue Reading
There may be a gender bias in who we execute in the United States, and this story out of Mississippi may well underscore that as well. Here are the basics of her case: her husband, who had been abusive, was murdered… Continue Reading
Suzanne Basso was executed last night in Texas — by lethal injection, but not by the trial version of lethal injection — thus becoming the 14th woman executed since 1976, and only the fourth since 2002 (about 12 years), three of those… Continue Reading
You may have heard this story a little bit this week: in Ohio, a man named Dennis McGuire was executed for the 1989 rape and murder of a pregnant newlywed named Joy Stewart (you can find a little more about… Continue Reading