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Who was Colleen Slemmer? The 19-year-old murdered by Christa Pike in 1995 as a failed execution puts the case back in the spotlight- What is Pentobarbital injection? The drug used in Christa Pike’s failed Tennessee execution has come under scrutiny
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- Is Christa Pike still alive? US death row inmate in hospital after heart kept beating through two lethal injectionsTennessee death row inmate Christa Pike was executed but complications arose following two lethal injections administered. Her legal team a...01 Oct, 2026, 11.34 AM IST
- Kerala's snake boat racers keep tradition afloat in face of floods and financial challengesKerala's picturesque backwaters host a thrilling wooden boat race where hundreds of dedicated rowers compete for their village’s pride and ...19 Aug, 2026, 12.34 PM IST
- SC likely to quash FIRs against student protesters, exempts those with serious criminal recordsThe Supreme Court on Tuesday indicated it may quash FIRs against student protesters involved in last month’s nationwide agitations over exa...19 Aug, 2026, 12.39 AM IST
- SC rejects plea to replace hanging with less painful method for death penaltyThe Supreme Court has dismissed a plea challenging hanging as the method of executing death sentences, while leaving the door open for futu...19 Aug, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
- State can't take life arbitrarily or without dignity: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court ruled that state execution powers are not arbitrary. The method of execution must uphold human dignity and minimize suffe...18 Aug, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
- SC upholds hanging as mode of death penalty; dismisses PIL for alternative way to execute death row prisonersThe Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking an alternative method of execution for death row convicts, rejecting the challenge to hangin...18 Aug, 2026, 01.53 PM IST
- Examining painless death penalty issue at highest level: GovtThe government informed the Supreme Court that the method of carrying out the death penalty, specifically hanging versus alternative method...23 Jan, 2026, 12.03 AM IST
- Will Charlie Kirk's alleged killer Tyler Robinson face execution by firing? Here's what could happenTyler Robinson death penalty: The United States is in shock after Charlie Kirk's murder. Police arrested Tyler Robinson in Utah. Donald Tru...13 Sep, 2025, 09.46 PM IST
- SC says brutality alone can’t warrant death penalty; commutes life term without remission in murder, rape casesThe Supreme Court has commuted death sentences in two cases. The court stated brutality alone cannot justify capital punishment. Courts mus...18 Jul, 2025, 02.26 PM IST
- Pentobarbital injection used to execute Stephen Stanko, who killed two and raped his girl friend’s daughter, in South CarolinaStephen Christopher Stanko faced execution in South Carolina. He was convicted for murders and other crimes. The execution happened via let...14 Jun, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
- Lethal injection, electrocution, now firing squads. Look at US execution methodsSouth Carolina is set to execute a man by firing squad, a method unused in the US for nearly 15 years. The article reviews the various exec...03 Mar, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
- US state Alabama to implement pure nitrogen execution method. Check history, methods of capital punishment in AmericaAlabama is on the verge of making history as the first state in the United States to employ a novel execution approach—administering death ...30 Aug, 2023, 06.41 PM IST
- Expert committee on most painless method for death penalty soon, Supreme Court informedThe development took place during the resumed hearing of a petition seeking to do away with death by hanging and adopt methods, namely leth...02 May, 2023, 11.59 PM IST
- Supreme Court to consider setting up panel to examine if execution of death row convicts by hanging proportionate"We cannot tell the legislature that you adopt this method. But you (PIL petitioner) can certainly argue that something may be more humane....21 Mar, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
- Law Commission recommends abolition of death penalty for all crimes except terrorismThe commission headed by Justice (Retd) AP Shah has concluded that “death penalty be abolished for all crimes other than terrorism and wagi...01 Sep, 2015, 04.26 AM IST
- Pakistan''s plan to execute 500 more militants disturbing: Leading rights groupPakistan on Monday said it is preparing to execute at least 55 more death-row militants among the 500 condemned militants23 Dec, 2014, 12.43 PM IST
- Capital punishment should be anathema to a socially and economically aspiring IndiaThe death sentence awarded to the four convicts in the December 16 rape has, once again, brought us into the middle of a national debate.18 Sep, 2013, 12.04 PM IST
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