Three men executed in three states on same day for first time since 2010
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Having three executions in one day is a coincidence in scheduling, but it also reflected a trend of increased executions in the USKim Chandler (The Independent)
The doctor who helps put prisoners to death - Stateside with Kai and Carter
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On 13 August, three states are set to carry out executions by lethal injection. Ed Pilkington speaks to Kai Wright about a doctor at the center of a botched execution in Tennessee, whose identity was revealed inadvertently last yearIvan Kuraev (the Guardian)
Terry Pitchford, who was 18 when convicted of murder, argued that Black jurors were excluded from his trialAdria R Walker (the Guardian)
Court throws out state’s challenge to judicial finding that inmate convicted of murder is ineligible for death penaltyLucy Campbell (the Guardian)
Tony Carruthers’s lawyers say no evidence tied him to 1994 crimes he was convicted of and is mentally incompetentEdward Helmore (the Guardian)
Prosecutors have described fatal shooting outside of DC’s Capital Jewish Museum last year as calculated and plannedGuardian staff reporter (the Guardian)
Knesset approves plan for livestreamed trials in military court, which has drawn comparisons to Eichmann trialPeter Beaumont (the Guardian)
Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in MarchDaniel Boffey (the Guardian)
Not using capital punishment ‘really a requirement’ for Council of Europe’s parliamentary assembly, says presidentJennifer Rankin (the Guardian)
EU, Spain and Germany, as well as rights groups, condemn law to execute Palestinian convicted terroristsPeter Beaumont (the Guardian)
Knesset approves measure that has been criticised by European nations and rights groupsLorenzo Tondo (the Guardian)
