South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the ...
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Federal judge refuses to block upcoming Alabama nitrogen gas execution
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal judge on Friday refused to stop what would be the fourth nitrogen gas execution in ...
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He oversaw the public execution of two women. Now he’s Syria’s new justice minister.
DAMASCUS, Syria — In a shaky video filmed in 2015, a woman cloaked in black and kneeling on a public ...
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Tennessee is refusing to release its new execution manual. Here’s why it matters
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's ...
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Indiana man who killed brother, 3 others will be put to death in state’s 1st execution in 15 years
MICHIGAN CITY, Indiana -- An Indiana man convicted in the 1997 killings of his brother and three other people is ...
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Iranian political prisoner tried, will be executed for Israel ties
Iranian political prisoner Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh was transferred to a pre-execution solitary confinement cell, Oslo-based NGO Iran Human Rights stated ...
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Abnormal brain and childhood abuse make Missouri man unfit for execution, his lawyers say
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri man facing the death penalty for sexually assaulting and killing a child was a frequent ...
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