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death penalty in US

April 25, 2017

Arkansas executions 'heinous' and 'shameful' says Amnesty

The state of Arkansas executed two men, Jack Jones and Marcel Williams, late last night – the first double execution in the US for 17 years.
April 20, 2017

Arkansas executions blocked again by healthcare company suit

America’s largest drug wholesaler has once again succeeded in blocking the use of dishonestly-obtained medicines in Arkansas’s planned 'mass execution'.
April 17, 2017

Arkansas judge blocks use of lethal injection drugs

An Arkansas judge has temporarily blocked six executions from taking place after the company that manufactured the drugs to be used in the executions filed a complaint that the drug was not meant to be used for lethal injection.
May 14, 2016

Pfizer blocks drug sales to US executioners

The world's second largest pharmaceutical firm has officially withdrawn from the lethal injection drug trade, imposing strict distribution controls to prevent its drugs reaching execution chambers across the USA.
February 16, 2016

A death in Georgia that diminishes us all

In the early hours of 3 February, UK time, the US state of Georgia took the life of Brandon Astor Jones, a 72 year-old African-American.
February 3, 2016

Georgia executes oldest death row inmate

The US State of Georgia last night executed 72 year old Brandon Astor Jones, the oldest person on death row in the State. Mr Jones had served 36 years in prison.
October 8, 2014

NHS supplier 'risking complicity' in nine US executions

A major NHS supplier is at risk of becoming involved in American executions, after Alabama altered its lethal injection ‘cocktail’.
July 24, 2014

Arizona prisoner takes two hours to die in execution using experimental drugs

The state of Arizona yesterday took almost two hours to kill a prisoner using the same combination of drugs used in a botched execution in Ohio earlier this year.
April 8, 2014

Texas Governor must stop execution of man with mental disability, says Amnesty

Texas Governor Rick Perry must stop Wednesday’s execution of Ramiro Hernández Llanas, a Mexican national with a mental disability, Amnesty International said today.
January 20, 2014

Texas execution of Mexican national would violate international law

Amnesty has called on the authorities in Texas to halt the planned execution of a Mexican national which would violate an international law.