The death penalty is in trouble — drug shortages, botched executions and lawsuits are calling the idea of a “humane” execution into question. Some states are returning to previously abandoned methods.
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Ohio shields interviews with execution workers
The state is shielding interviews its attorneys conducted with about 20 prison employees involved in the January execution of an inmate who repeatedly gasped and snorted as he was put to death.
US death penalty is far from perfect
The Voice of Russia talked to Kevin Werner, Executive Director of Ohioans to Stop Executions, a non-profit education and advocacy organization working to end the death penalty in Ohio.