Botched Executions
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After 3rd failed lethal injection, governor asks for pause on executions in AlabamaAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has asked the Department of Corrections to undertake a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's capital punishment system after numerous botched executions.WorldNov 22, 2022
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Arkansas to execute 8 people in 10 days, slammed for ‘killing spree’ by ACLUThe hurried execution schedule appears to be an attempt by Arkansas to use up its supply of the drug midazolam, linked to numerous botched executions, before it expires.WorldMar 20, 2017
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Alabama inmate heaved, coughed during lethal injection execution that took nearly 30 minutesRonald Bert Smith Jr., 45, was finally pronounced dead at 11:05 p.m. Thursday night - about 30 minutes after the procedure began at the state prison in southwest Alabama.WorldDec 9, 2016
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U.S. court OKs use of drug implicated in botched executionsA deeply divided U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of a controversial drug in lethal-injection executions Monday, even as two dissenting justices said for the first time they think it's "highly likely" the death penalty itself is unconstitutional.WorldJun 29, 2015
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Texas, Missouri plan executions WednesdayTwo of America's most active death penalty states are planning executions Wednesday, as attorneys for the inmates continue efforts to save them.WorldSep 8, 2014
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U.S. inmate was injected 15 times during nearly 2-hour executionArizona executioners injected Joseph Rudolph Wood with a lethal combination of drugs 15 times during the nearly two hours it took for him to die.WorldAug 1, 2014
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During 2 hour execution, lawyers debated whether inmate was in painA condemned U.S. inmate gasped and snorted during his almost two-hour execution in an episode sure to heighten the debate surrounding the death penalty.WorldJul 25, 2014
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Masking death penalty’s violence increases suffering, Arizona execution showsArizona's botched two-hour execution of Rudolph Wood is one of several lethal injections this year to go horribly wrong. The problem's root cause is death penalty's supporters reluctance to fully endorse a punishment of violent death.CrimeJul 24, 2014
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Georgia, Missouri carry out 1st executions since botched lethal injectionA Georgia inmate convicted of rape and murder has become the first person to be executed in the U.S. since the botched lethal injection of a prisoner in Oklahoma in April.CrimeJun 18, 2014
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