News & Commentary about Execution Methods
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![A man holding a sign that says "Death Penalty is Not Justice."](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/01/death-penalty-alabama-blog-400x266.jpg)
Feb 1, 2024
Alabama Has Executed A Man With Nitrogen Gas Despite Jury’s Life Verdict
![Man protesting against the death penalty in fron of the U.S. Justice Dept wearing a red shirt with a black stop sign reading "STOP EXECUTIONS NOW" in white letters.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/01/stop-executions-now-b-400x266.jpg)
Jan 2, 2024
Another Year of America's Failed Experiment: The Death Penalty in 2023
![Khorry Ramey with Kevin Johnson Jr.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/KR_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Nov 28, 2022
Missouri is Trying to Bar Me From My Father’s Execution. Governor Parson Must Intervene.
![A photo of a prison gas chamber.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/06/GC_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Jun 2, 2022
Using Cyanide Gas in Executions is an Affront to Jewish Values
![Protestors holding a banner that reads "Stop the Death Penalty" in front on Georgia's State Capital on a sunny day in 2017. Colorado just won a major feat for anti-death penalty movement with its decision to repeal the death penalty in the state.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/02/Colorado-Death-Penalty-Repeal-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Feb 27, 2020
“Do Not Kill in My Name” – How Colorado Finally Repealed the Death Penalty
![Colorado State Penitentiary execution chamber](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-colorado-execution-chamber-1160x768_0-400x266.jpg)
Mar 20, 2019
Lawmakers in Colorado Should Abolish the Death Penalty
![Execution Bed](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-executionchair-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Aug 14, 2018
'Do We Deserve to Kill?' The Answer Is 'No' After Nebraska's Latest Execution
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Jul 11, 2018
Nevada Plans to Execute Prisoner Using a Risky and Experimental Drug Cocktail
![Vials of drugs used for execution](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-neexecutiondrugs-1160x768-v01-400x266.jpg)
Mar 12, 2018
Nebraska Is Illegally Obtaining and Storing Execution Drugs in Defiance of Federal Law