Some notable headlines about the state and possible fate of capital punishment in the US

I have seen an array of notable news and commentary concerning the administration of the death penalty this week, enough to justify this round up:

From The Atlantic, “A Good Man, At One Time: How a Mississippi inmate became an advocate for his own execution“

From CommonWealth, “Tsarnaev again faces death penalty, but support for capital punishment dropping“

From the Death Penalty Information Center, “Tennessee Sets Three Execution Dates for Most-in-Nation 5 Pending Executions in 2022“

From The Hill, “Reinstatement of marathon bomber’s death sentence exposes Democrats’ need to hide radicalism“

From The Intercept, “RUSH TO JUDGMENT: Is Texas Sending Melissa Lucio to Die for a Crime That Never Happened?“

From the Ohio Capital Journal, “Ohio gets closer to abolishing death penalty“

From the New York Times, “This Sedative Is Now a Go-To Drug for Executions. But Does It Work?“

From Verdict, “As Oklahoma Goes, So Goes America’s Death Penalty?“

From Vox, “Why some Republicans are turning against the death penalty“