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Second World War veterans have memories of VE Day brought to life

Charity Blind Veterans UK released illustrations, stories and photographs which look to raise funds for war heroes living with sight loss.

Evening Standard

Louisiana Death Row Inmate With Days to Live Who Pleaded For More 'Humane' Way to Die Gets His Wish

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Louisiana from using nitrogen gas to execute a death row inmate just days ahead of his scheduled execution.

Latin Times

Louisiana Death Row Inmate With Days to Live Pleads With Court for More 'Humane' Way to Die

A Louisiana death row inmate scheduled to die on March 18 is pleading with the court to delay his execution, arguing that the use of nitrogen gas is cruel.

Latin Times

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Spate of high-profile US death penalty cases fuels public outrage and anger

Concerns rise over whether executions can be done ‘fairly and accurately’ as condemned prisoners make credible claims of innocence

The Guardian - US

Alabama man shook and gasped in final moments of nitrogen gas execution

Death of Carey Dale Grayson, 50, marks third time the US state has killed someone using controversial method

The Guardian - US

Alabama executes third man this year with controversial nitrogen gas

Carey Dale Grayson was killed on Thursday for 1994 murder by technique that previously caused visible signs of distress

The Guardian - US

Judge refuses to block nation's third scheduled nitrogen execution

A judge on Wednesday refused to stop the nation’s third scheduled execution by nitrogen gas that is planned in Alabama for later this month

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Six days of horror: America’s thirst for executions returns with a vengeance

Five executions, five states: a glut of judicial killing not seen in 20 years took place last week – and there was nothing random about it

The Guardian - US

Alan Miller becomes the second death row inmate executed by nitrogen hypoxia in the US

Miller’s execution was scrutinized because a forensic psychiatrist found him ‘mentally ill at the time of the offenses’

The Independent UK

Alabama executes death-row prisoner with nitrogen gas

Alan Miller, 59, second person in US to be executed via controversial technique, shook and trembled on gurney

The Guardian - US

Alabama to carry out the 2nd nitrogen gas execution in the US

Alabama is preparing to carry out the nation’s second nitrogen gas execution

The Independent UK

Deloitte-run Medicaid systems are riddled with glitches that can cost millions and take years to fix

Medicaid beneficiaries risk losing access to health care and food due to error-prone state eligibility systems.

Fortune

Lawyers for Alabama inmate seek to block his fall execution by nitrogen gas

Lawyers for an Alabama inmate, scheduled to be executed with nitrogen gas this fall, argued in a court filing that the state has ignored problems with the method as it seeks to carry out more nitrogen executions

The Independent UK

Alabama Schedules Third Nitrogen Gas Execution In The Country

Alabama to execute Carey Dale Grayson using nitrogen gas, sparking debate over method's humaneness and legality.

Top News

Alabama Faces Scrutiny Over Nitrogen Gas Execution Method

Controversy surrounds the first nitrogen gas execution in the US, raising questions about its effectiveness and process.

The Independent UK

Alabama death row inmate asks for no autopsy after execution due to his religion

Keith Gavin’s attorneys said the filing is not an attempt to stop the execution from going ahead

The Texas Tribune

Medicaid management system in Texas and other states is plagued by errors

Deloitte-run systems have generated incorrect notices to Medicaid beneficiaries, sent paperwork to the wrong addresses, and been frozen for hours at a time, a KFF Health News investigation has found.

Fortune

A Tennessee mom lost Medicaid after the state launched a Deloitte-run system that managed eligibility. Then her life turned upside down

53 million Medicaid patients rely on Deloitte software—but the technology has generated notices with errors, sent paperwork to the wrong addresses, and been frozen for hours at a time, according to state audits, court documents, and interviews.

The Guardian - US

Alabama sets nitrogen-gas execution for man who survived botched 2022 effort

Alan Miller to go to death in September as state rejects warnings that gas-mask method represents cruel and unusual punishment

WEKU

States botched more executions of Black prisoners. Experts think they know why

A study showed states made more mistakes when executing Black prisoners by lethal injection than they did with prisoners of other races. Execution workers and race experts said they're not surprised.

The Guardian - US

Rise in US executions masks deep divide between states on use of death penalty

Some of the 27 states that have the death penalty have not executed anyone in years but others still do – and the divide is rooted in history

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