On AlterNet: lethal injection

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Tortured to Death in the US

Liliana Segura, The Nation. May 12, 2011.

"The manner in which Texas carries out the execution of human beings is riskier, less transparent, and has less oversight than the euthanasia of cats, dogs, birds, lizards."

Ohio Executes Murderer Who Admitted Five Killings

Agence France Presse July 14, 2009.

Another convicted murderer who was due to be executed on Tuesday -- Paul Warner Powell in Virginia -- meanwhile obtained a stay from the U.S. Supreme Court pending further review.

Act Now: Tell Texas Not to Execute an Innocent Man

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. August 18, 2008.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will make a decision tomorrow in the case of Jeff Wood, who faces execution for killing no one.

Texas Planning to Execute Another Prisoner for a Murder He Didn't Commit

Maura Kelly, Comment Is Free. August 15, 2008.

Jeff Wood was sentenced to death under Texas' draconian Law of Parties for a murder that he did not plan or witness. He faces execution next week.

Executions Resume Today, Death Penalty Still Cruel and Unusual

Billy Sothern, The Nation. May 6, 2008.

Barring a last-minute stay of execution, death row prisoner William Lynd will be murdered by the state of Georgia tonight.

The Supreme Court Brings Back the Death Penalty

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 17, 2008.

With a 7-2 ruling ending a moratorium on state-sanctioned killing, states across the country are gearing up to resume executions.

Brother and Sister Battle Racism and Cancer

Amy Goodman, Truthdig. October 10, 2007.

Troy Davis faces death by lethal injection in Georgia for a crime with questionable evidence, and his sister, Martina Correia fights alongside him while also battling breast cancer.