Essay: The death penalty says more about us than the condemned
US death row pastor JOE INGLE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says the death penalty is a “barbaric practice no matter how you package it”…
First US nitrogen-gas execution may constitute torture – UN rights office
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The UN human rights office on Tuesday called on the US state of Alabama to halt its first planned execution of a prisoner by nitrogen gas asphyxiation this month, saying it could amount to torture and violate US commitments under international law. Kenneth Smith, convicted for a murder-for-hire committed in 1988, is […]