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"Alabama won't try lethal injection again on "execution survivor" Alan Eugene Miller, but it may try new method," CBS News, November 30, 2022
"Alabama pausing executions after 3rd failed lethal injection," by Jay Reeves, Associated Press, November 21, 2022
"Staring Down the Execution Chamber at 76, Murray Hooper Still Says He’s Innocent," by Liliana Segura, The Intercept, November 15, 2022
"Spiritual touch on death row is still taboo despite high court’s OK," by Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service, November 15, 2022
"Oklahoma Court Denies New Evidence Hearing for Death Row Inmate Richard Glossip," by Scott Shackford, Reason, November 10, 2022
"Man on Arizona death row has justices splitting hairs," by Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service, November 01, 2022
"A Prosecutor’s Change of Heart in a Capital Case at the Supreme Court," by Adam Liptak, New York Times, October 24, 2022
"Oklahoma executes diagnosed schizophrenic Benjamin Cole over attorneys’ protests," by Dylan Goforth, The Frontier, October 20, 2022
"Judge dismisses lawsuit over upcoming lethal injection," Associated Press, October 17, 2022
"Why does Florida require a unanimous jury decision to impose a death sentence?," by James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, October 13, 2022
"Justices won’t hear Black death row inmate’s claims of racially biased jurors," by Megan Butler, Courthouse News Service, October 11, 2022
"Analysis: Justices wrestle with statute of limitations in Rodney Reed’s effort to revive DNA lawsuit," by Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog, October 11, 2022
"Texas Claims It’s "Too Late" for DNA Testing That Could Get Rodney Reed off Death Row," by Jordan Smith, The Intercept, October 09, 2022
"Texas executes John Henry Ramirez, who won religious rights Supreme Court case," by MarÃa Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, October 06, 2022
"An Innocent Man May Die Because of Illogical Deadlines," by Molly Greene, The Appeal, October 05, 2022
