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Lethal Injection
February 12, 2019
Matt Ford
Domineque Ray Died So the Death Penalty Could Live
The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.
April 29, 2015
David B. Waisel, Paul Litton
Why the Lethal Injection Drug Debated by the Supreme Court Today Is Unconstitutional
July 24, 2014
Ben Crair
2014 Is Already the Worst Year in the History of Lethal Injection
Another day, another problematic execution
April 30, 2014
Ben Crair
Cruel But Not Unusual
How Oklahoma botched Clayton Lockett's execution

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