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Supreme Court Cancels Alabama Execution After Injunction Maintained
An Alabama inmate has won a reprieve from a scheduled lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court said the state could not proceed without his pastor in the death chamber.
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Alabama Seeks to Be 1st State to Execute an Inmate This Year
Alabama would be the first state to carry out an execution this year if it wins final court approval to go ahead with plans to put to death a man convicted of murder
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Trump Administration Carries Out 13th and Final Execution
The Trump administration has carried out its 13th and final federal execution, five days before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in
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US Executes Virginia Gang Killer Despite COVID-19 Infection
The U.S. government has executed a drug trafficker for a series of slayings in Virginia in 1992, despite his recent COVID-19 infection
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US Government Executes Man Convicted of Killing North Texas Teen
Late Thursday, Orlando Hall was put to death for abducting and killing Arlington teenager Lisa Rene in 1994.
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Inmate Facing Execution in Arlington Teen's 1994 Slaying Loses Appeal
A federal prisoner scheduled for execution next month for the 1994 kidnapping and murder of a teenage girl has lost a federal appeal.
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Appeals Court Changes Death Sentence for Texas Inmate Convicted of Dallas Officer's Murder
Texas’ highest criminal court on Wednesday commuted the death sentence of a Mexican man after agreeing with findings that he was ineligible to be executed because of an intellectual disability.
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Death Penalty Cases Show History of Racial Disparity, Report Finds
A new report by a think tank examining executions in the United States says death penalty cases show a long history of racial disparity, from who is executed to where and for what crimes.
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Kansas Girl's Killer 5th Federal Inmate Executed This Year
A man who killed a Kansas girl more than two decades ago has been executed in Indiana, the fifth federal inmate put to death this year and second this week
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Iowa Meth Kingpin Is 3rd Executed by US Government This Week
The U.S. government has put to death an Iowa chemistry student-turned-meth kingpin convicted of killing two children and three adults
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US Executes 2nd Man in a Week; Lawyers Said He Had Dementia
The United States has carried out its second federal execution in three days, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose lawyers contended he had dementia
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Mental Fitness Claim Halts 2nd Federal Execution — for Now
A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia
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First Federal Execution in 17 Years; Another Set Wednesday
The federal government has carried out its first execution in almost two decades
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Judge Blocks Federal Executions; Administration Appeals
A U.S. district judge has ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana
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Texas Set to Resume Executions After Delay Due to Pandemic
A four-month delay in executions in Texas due to the coronavirus pandemic is set to come to an end with the scheduled lethal injection of a death row inmate condemned for fatally stabbing an 85-year-old woman more than two decades ago.
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WATCH: Alabama Governor Confronted by Sister of Executed Man
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was speaking with reporters when she was interrupted by the sister of Nathanial Woods, who was executed on March 5 for capital murder.
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COVID-19 Prompts Stay of Execution for Man Who Killed Family
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus prompted the top Texas criminal appeals court on Monday to stay for 60 days the scheduled execution of a man condemned for killing his family. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected all grounds of John William Hummel’s appeal but said it would postpone the scheduled Wednesday execution “in light of the current health…
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Alabama Executes Man Convicted in Killing of 3 Officers
A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 shooting deaths of three police officers in which another man pulled the trigger has been executed in Alabama
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Dallas Man Executed for Killing 5 Apologized Before He Was Put to Death
Abel Ochoa apologized to his in-laws as he was strapped to the death chamber gurney. He was the second inmate put to death this year in Texas and the third in the U.S.
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Japan Executes First Foreigner in 10 Years in Family Murder
Japan executed its first foreigner in 10 years on Thursday, a Chinese man convicted in the 2003 murder and robbery of a family of four. Wei Wei, 40, was hanged Thursday at a detention center in Fukuoka where he had been on death row for more than 16 years, Justice Minister Masako Mori said. Wei was convicted of robbing and…