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In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, a no-trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. As Donald Trump’s presidency winds down, his administration is throttling up the pace of federal executions despite a surge of CO
Human rights
Executions under Trump administration buck global trend away from death penalty
An old, wooden guillotine shows sharp blade.
Justice
Why the guillotine may be less cruel than execution by slow poisoning
The death chamber at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas is seen through steel bars from the viewing room.
Justice
Prisons enter a sketchy world to obtain drugs to kill death row inmates
A jail cell on death row, where prison inmates await execution
Conflict & Justice
Increasing pressure against the death penalty may have led to Oklahoma’s bungled execution
Global Politics
Georgia law hopes to keep pharmacies creating lethal injection drugs
Top of the Hour: Troy Davis Executed in Georgia, Morning Headlines
Conflict & Justice
Shortage of lethal injection drug sees prisons scrambling
Letters from death row: the process of a Texas death penalty
Conflict & Justice
States begin executions after seven-month moratorium