According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 23 people were executed in the United States in 2023. The number of death sentences imposed was 21. There are 2,180 people on death row in the United ...

R Barry O’Brien, who has died aged 94, proved himself The Daily Telegraph’s most dogged reporter when he obtained an ...

By 1930, the anesthetic Nembutal was introduced – this went on to become Abbott's best-known and longest-lived products. In 1936, Pentothal, another anesthetic agent, was introduced. Fifty years ...