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Mar 8, 2026

Dale Baich: In defense of death row

Dale Baich has watched 16 men die.  Over the course of his career as a federal public defender, Baich has parsed through the many legal webs entangling death row inmates […]

Dec 23, 2014

States’ use of execution drugs varies widely

Problematic executions in Arizona, Oklahoma and other states have highlighted a patchwork approach states are taking with lethal drugs, with types, combinations and dosages varying widely. A question-and-answer look at how the disparities in drugs came about and why, after more than three decades in which all death penalty states used the exact same mixture:

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