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Courts are conflicted over secrecy of death drugs: I’m not

July 28, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Capital punishment, Courts, States Leave a comment

Should states be required to disclose which drugs they use to kill people sentenced to the death penalty? In July 2014, the 9th Circuit

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Will a dearth of death drugs kill the death penalty? Let’s hope so.

December 5, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Charity & Justice, Civil Rights, Courts, Crime/Violence, Human Rights, Ideas, Missouri region, Prison Leave a comment

Just a few hours before convicted serial murderer Joseph Paul Franklin was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 19, 2013, two

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MO hurries up death sentences before death drugs die: Insane

September 12, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Government, Missouri region, Prison, States, Violence 2 comments

The very existence of the death penalty in American law is troublesome, to say the least. But, to make matters worse, the 32 U.S.

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Federal & state executioners need a drug fix

January 2, 2012 Mike Davis Crime/Violence, Government, Illinois/Midwest Leave a comment

A lethal drug has been in short supply since its Illinois manufacturer has expressed a desire to not be known as the supplier, and

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