The New York Times

What We Know About the ‘Shaken Baby’ Death Penalty Case in Texas

The Texas House has set a date to hear testimony from Robert Roberson, convicted of murdering his daughter based on a questionable diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. By J. David Goodman The case of ...
Yahoo

2nd South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad

A death chamber in Columbia, S.C., includes an electric chair, right, and a firing squad chair. (South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP) South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi has chosen ...
The New York Times

Alabama Carries Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen

The state executed Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Abbie VanSickle Nicholas Bogel ...
CNN

Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana’s second execution in 15 years

An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on ...
Idaho Statesman

Idaho’s execution of prisoner on death row halted when officials can’t establish IV line

Idaho’s attempt to execute death row prisoner Thomas Creech, 73, was halted an hour into his scheduled lethal injection after prison officials were unable to establish a vein to insert an IV, ...