Out for Blood
Despite Declining Support for the Death Penalty, Executions Nearly Doubled in 2025, Report Says
Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions this year.
Daniel Moritz-Rabson
Daniel Moritz-Rabson is a freelance journalist whose work has been published in outlets including The Appeal, Gothamist/WNYC and Fortune.
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Death Row Prisoner: Idaho Officials Ran “Misdirection Campaign” to Withhold Info on Lethal Injection
Lawyers for Gerald Pizzuto say Idaho officials defied court orders to hand over information on lethal injection drugs.
In Alabama, Officers Accused of Violence and Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions
As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.
Company Linked to Federal Execution Spree Says It Will No Longer Produce Key Drug
As Republicans thirst for restarting federal executions, Absolute Standards told Connecticut lawmakers it hasn’t made or sold pentobarbital since December 2020.
“Little Home Market”: The Connecticut Company Accused of Fueling an Execution Spree
Evidence points to Absolute Standards as the source of a lethal drug the Trump administration used to restart federal executions after 17 years.
Alabama Plans to Carry Out the First Execution Using Nitrogen Gas. A Lot Could Go Wrong.
Lawyers for Kenneth Smith have warned that the method could cause him to suffer a stroke, choke to death on vomit, or be left in a vegetative state.
Companies Already Ban the Use of Their Drugs for Lethal Injection. Now They’re Blocking IV Equipment.
Medical manufacturers say states can’t use their IV equipment to kill, a stance that could fuel new challenges to lethal injection.
Prisons Are Skimming Big Chunks of CARES Act Stimulus Checks
A September court ruling promised incarcerated people their slice of the federal stimulus. Some prisons still took a cut.