The Supreme Court last denied an Alabama prisoner’s request to halt his nitrogen execution in October.
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Abigail Brooks,
NBC news,
10 June 2026
Six volunteers certified for no less than three years apiece through Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, will be recruited to ensure the Idaho Department of Correction is ready to comply with a state law that prioritizes shooting prisoners to death over lethal injection starting July 1.
On a day in mid-July, three men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren and forced their captives into an underground bunker where they were buried alive.
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James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
From France’s port cities, dozens of ships sailed for Africa every year, where merchants purchased human captives to be sold in the colonies.
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