Report: Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’


              FILE - Charles Keith stands outside the state prison, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Florence, Ariz., where inmate Clarence Dixon was scheduled for execution by lethal injection for his murder conviction in the killing of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Deana Bowdoin in 1978. Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade long decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out were “botched” or highly problematic, according to an annual report on capital punishment released Friday, Dec. 16. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
            
              FILE - Mirabai Hull, left, and Matthew Harris protest against the death penalty and the execution of Benjamin Cole outside of the Oklahoma Governor's Mansion on Oct. 20, 2022, in Oklahoma City. Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade long decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out were “botched” or highly problematic, according to an annual report on capital punishment released Friday, Dec. 16. (Doug Hoke/The Oklahoman via AP, File)
            
              FILE - The gurney in Huntsville, Texas, where inmates are strapped down to receive a lethal dose of drugs, is shown May 27, 2008. Public support and use of the death penalty in 2022 continued its more than two-decade long decline in the U.S., and many of the executions that were carried out were “botched” or highly problematic, according to an annual report on capital punishment released Friday, Dec. 16. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan, File)
Report: Executions continued decline but many ‘botched’