The New York Times

What We Know About the ‘Shaken Baby’ Death Penalty Case in Texas

The Texas House has set a date to hear testimony from Robert Roberson, convicted of murdering his daughter based on a questionable diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. By J. David Goodman The case of ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court temporarily stops Robert Roberson’s execution

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.
Slate

Will Idaho Push Forward With One of the Rarest and Most Horrible Types of Execution?

The state of Idaho tried to kill Thomas Creech once. It failed. It now wants a second chance. Last week, a state judge gave the state the green light. This decision is grotesque and is made all the ...
The New York Times

Alabama Carries Out First U.S. Execution by Nitrogen

The state executed Kenneth Smith on Thursday using the untested method of nitrogen hypoxia after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Abbie VanSickle Nicholas Bogel ...
Idaho Statesman

Idaho’s execution of prisoner on death row halted when officials can’t establish IV line

Idaho’s attempt to execute death row prisoner Thomas Creech, 73, was halted an hour into his scheduled lethal injection after prison officials were unable to establish a vein to insert an IV, ...
CNN

Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana’s second execution in 15 years

An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state’s second execution in 15 years. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on ...