Execution

Officials in Nebraska used fentanyl to execute a death row inmate on Tuesday, marking the first time the powerful opioid has been used to carry out the death penalty in the United States.

• By Kate Wheeling

Is lethal injection the most humane method of execution? Is there another way? Should we eliminate the death penalty altogether? Here’s some of the best reporting on the practice.

• By Adam Harris

How the new mental health facility for California’s death row inmates reflects our nation’s ongoing ambivalence about the death penalty.

• By Jessica Pishko