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Case Could Halt Lethal Injections in US - Joe Raedle / Getty Images

Case Could Halt Lethal Injections in US - Joe Raedle / Getty Images

The Beginning of the End Case Could Halt Lethal Injections in US

Following a string of horrific botched executions, the US Supreme Court is considering a case that could lead to a ban on lethal injections. The alternatives are so cruel that they might bring the country closer to abolishing capital punishment. Von Markus Feldenkirchen

Debbie Milke Recounts Life on Death Row - Robert Gallagher/ DER SPIEGEL

Debbie Milke Recounts Life on Death Row - Robert Gallagher/ DER SPIEGEL

The American Nightmare Debbie Milke Recounts Life on Death Row

Debbie Milke, born in Berlin, was placed in solitary confinement Arizona for 22 years after being falsely convicted of conspiring to kill her son. Following her acquittal, she discusses her experience in prison and a life destroyed by a miscarriage of justice. Von Clemens Höges und Antje Windmann

The Myth of Humane Killing - © Jason Reed / Reuters

The Myth of Humane Killing - © Jason Reed / Reuters

Opinion The Myth of Humane Killing

Recent events involving a controversial drug, cruel mistakes and arbitrary, last-minute decisions have exposed the United States' system of capital punishment for exactly what it is: a human rights violation unworthy of a democracy. Von Markus Feldenkirchen

Could Nitrogen Asphyxiation Replace Lethal Injection? - REUTERS

Could Nitrogen Asphyxiation Replace Lethal Injection? - REUTERS

Proposal from Oklahoma Could Nitrogen Asphyxiation Replace Lethal Injection?

There have been several botched executions by lethal injection this year, turning many Americans against the death penalty. Now an Oklahoma politician wants to put death-row convicts to death using a new method: nitrogen asphyxiation. Von Markus Feldenkirchen

Egyptian Death Sentences Reveal Deep Societal Rift - AFP

Egyptian Death Sentences Reveal Deep Societal Rift - AFP

529 Steps Back Egyptian Death Sentences Reveal Deep Societal Rift

Over 500 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death last week in the small Egyptian city of Minya. But what really happened? A visit to the town reveals the vast divide in Egyptian society. Von Ralf Hoppe und Daniel Steinvorth

EU Riled by US Death Penalty Drug Controversy - AP/dpa

EU Riled by US Death Penalty Drug Controversy - AP/dpa

Lethal Exports EU Riled by US Death Penalty Drug Controversy

The possibility that a common anesthesia drug may soon be used in the United States to execute death-row inmates is causing problems for European pharmaceutical companies. They worry the European Union may soon impose sanctions. Von Charly Wilder

Werner Herzog Looks for the Human Side of Death Row - Werner Herzog Film

Werner Herzog Looks for the Human Side of Death Row - Werner Herzog Film

Berlinale Behind Bars Werner Herzog Looks for the Human Side of Death Row

Their crimes are monstrous. But renowned German filmmaker Werner Herzog seeks to show that death row inmates in the US are not monsters. His new series of documentaries, showing at the Berlin International Film Festival this week, provides a different look at those up for execution. Von Miriam Widman

EU Set to Ban Export of Drug Used in US Executions - Eric Risberg/ AP

EU Set to Ban Export of Drug Used in US Executions - Eric Risberg/ AP

Death Penalty Opposition EU Set to Ban Export of Drug Used in US Executions

States in the US have long been having difficulty gaining access to a drug used in lethal injection cocktails. A new European Union regulation will make it even harder. As of the end of this week, EU pharmaceutical companies will no longer be allowed to export thiopental for use in executions.

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