execution /tags/execution execution en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 12:01:00 GMT Commentary: Why Support For The Death Penalty Is Higher Among White Americans /crime-justice/2019-11-30/commentary-why-support-for-the-death-penalty-is-higher-among-white-americans Sentencing a person to die is the ultimate punishment. There is no coming back from the permanence of the death penalty.In the U.S., the death penalty is� Sat, 30 Nov 2019 12:01:00 GMT /crime-justice/2019-11-30/commentary-why-support-for-the-death-penalty-is-higher-among-white-americans Kevin O'Neal Cokley | The Conversation Judge Blocks Justice Department's Plan To Resume Federal Executions /2019-11-21/judge-blocks-justice-departments-plan-to-resume-federal-executions Executions had been set to resume next month after a 16-year pause. A federal judge halted the sentences as inmates challenge the government's lethal injection protocol. Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:40:04 GMT /2019-11-21/judge-blocks-justice-departments-plan-to-resume-federal-executions Colin Dwyer All Eyes On Texas Governor As Calls Grow To Halt Rodney Reed's Execution /texas/2019-11-11/all-eyes-on-texas-governor-as-calls-grow-to-halt-rodney-reeds-execution In his five years as Texas' governor, Republican Greg Abbott has overseen the execution of nearly 50 prisoners while only once sparing a condemned man's� Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:56:56 GMT /texas/2019-11-11/all-eyes-on-texas-governor-as-calls-grow-to-halt-rodney-reeds-execution Paul J. Weber | The Associated Press Houston Man Executed For Double-Murder in 1993 /crime-justice/2014-09-10/houston-man-executed-for-double-murder-in-1993 A Houston man was executed tonight for murdering two people in 1993. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says the execution drug pentobarbital was� Thu, 11 Sep 2014 01:06:01 GMT /crime-justice/2014-09-10/houston-man-executed-for-double-murder-in-1993 Nathan Bernier