The System Is Working
Executions hit a 16-year high while the machinery keeps failing — and the answer on the table is a harsher method, not a reckoning.
Source article: Christa Pike survives lethal injection as US executions hit a 16-year high.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- crime, law
- Primary entities
- Christa Pike, Randy Spivey, Colleen Slemmer, Lisa Montgomery, Tennessee, Nashville, Death Penalty Information Center, Laura Porter, US Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Pete Hegseth, Nidal Hasan, Florida, Ron DeSantis, Marsha Blackburn, Texas, Alabama, South Carolina
- Themes
- capital punishment, lethal injection, failed executions, federal death penalty, criminal justice
- Floor values engaged
- human_life_and_dignity, Accountability of power, Informed citizenship