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Nidal Hasan execution: What happened the last time the US held a public execution in 1936?

In a historic and controversial move, the US military plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted for the Fort Hood shooting, on December 3. This unprecedented act raises significant ethical questions regarding the death penalty's portrayal. Experts emphasize that no execution has ever been broadcast live, and potential…

The Economic Times · 17h ago

US public executions were once a community spectacle. The country thought they stopped

Parents and teachers would often bring children to executions

The Independent UK · Oct 9

Trump’s ‘Judgment day’? Why death penalty crusade is bringing back firing squads

IN FOCUS: Trump is letting the Pentagon revive a killing method that hasn’t been used in decades while the president tries to speed up executions of federal death row inmates, Alex Woodward writes

The Independent UK · Oct 7

First Tennessee woman set for execution in 200 years survives 2 lethal injections

Tennessee officials were unable to execute Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday after administering two doses of the lethal injection drug, in what a death penalty expert described as an unprecedented failure. Pike remained alive after the attempted execution and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, her attorneys said.

The Times of India · Oct 1

Convicted killer Christa Pike in ‘critical condition’ after two lethal injections fail to kill her

Christa Pike, who has been on death row in Tennessee for more than 30 years for torturing and murdering a classmate, was on Wednesday set to be executed, but the lethal injections meant to kill her failed. Pike was then transported to a medical facility, where her attorney says she…

France 24 · Oct 1

Inside The Horrific Crimes Of The First Woman Set To Be Executed In Tennessee In 200 Years

Three decades after a teen’s brutal homicide, the convicted woman is set to make history by being the first woman to be given the lethal injection in Tennessee in 200 years.

Bored Panda · Sep 29

Who is Christa Pike? Woman set for Tennessee's first female execution in 200 years

Christa Pike was 18 when she killed her classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US.

The Times of India · Sep 29

'First' in 200 years: US woman who killed classmate at 18 faces execution at 50

Christa Pike and her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, were students at Knoxville Job Corps when Slemmer was killed. Prosecutors said Pike believed Slemmer was a romantic rival and lured her to an isolated area, where she and Shipp tortured and killed her. The case drew national attention because of the brutality…

The Times of India · Sep 29

Inside ‘Satanic panic’ teen murder that put Christa Pike on death row for 30 years

Pike was 18 when she was sent to death row following a murder committed in a jealous rage. Decades later she has survived an attempted execution

The Independent UK · Sep 28

He spent 27 years on death row. Now a judge says the science used to convict him couldn’t be trusted

Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of first-degree murder in 1998 after prosecutors accused him of raping and drowning 23-month-old Haley Oliveaux

The Independent UK · Jul 28