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*The complete text of Orationes Mortuorum:  40 guided meditations based on the last words of the last 40 people who've been executed in the United States

Related Stories It was almost as if the administration was trying to set a perverse new benchmark in the “Guinness Book of World Records.” It carried out more executions in six months than any other administration had in six decades. These government killings gave new meaning to Operation Warp Speed: Instead of taking the necessary measures to protect millions of Americans from the physical and economic ravages of COVID-19, the “pro-life” federal government put work into carrying out 13 executions. I did not know the others who were executed well enough — Daniel Lewis Lee, We...

Squad members Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush urge Biden to commute the sentence of EVERY death row inmate as they rip Trump's 'cruel' execution spree A group of 35 Democrats led by Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley and Cori Bush is urging President Biden to commute the sentence of death row inmates They wrote a letter to Biden on Friday in which they asked him to take all 49  federal inmates off death row  'You can ensure that there would be no one left on death row to kill,' it said In the three-page letter, the group also blasted Trump's execution spree His administration lifted a moratorium o...

Trump Is Putting the Machinery of Death Into Overdrive Clint Smith © Virgnia Department of Corrections / AP The first time I stood in an execution chamber, what I remember most was the stillness of the room. In November 2018, I visited Angola prison in Louisiana, and saw where the state injected prisoners with a cocktail that rendered them unconscious, paralyzed their muscles, discontinued their breathing, and stopped their hearts. The table was long and blue, its leather upholstery covering a thin layer of foam padding. There were seven discolored brown-and-blue straps that...

The Justice Department, under Attorney General Bill Barr, has killed 10 federal inmates since July  They plan to execute three more before Joe Biden's inauguration next month Court documents obtained by ProPublica reveal how the Trump administration is rushing to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II Among details included in court records are that private executioners have been paid in cash and drugs have been purchased from a secret pharmacy One execution has gone ahead while an appeal was still pending and an inmate was left strapped to a gurney while lawyers tried to rem...