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Report: Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’
Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out during the year were "botched" or highly problematic, an annual report on capital punishment says.
Religion and the death penalty collide at the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is sending a message to states that want to continue to carry out the death penalty: Inmates must be allowed to have a spiritual adviser by their side as they are executed.
Supreme Court refuses to block upcoming federal executions
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August.
US Supreme Court to hear arguments over whether inmate with dementia can be executed
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in October over whether Alabama can execute an inmate diagnosed with stroke-related dementia who lawyers contend can no longer remember killing a police officer in 1985.
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Arizona death-penalty law
The Supreme Court is rejecting a challenge to Arizona's death-penalty law.
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