US supreme court halts execution of Ernest Johnson in Missouri
Attorneys for Johnson, who killed three people in 1994, say he has an intellectual disability and would suffer undue pain from lethal injection...
View ArticleAppeals court refuses to stop execution set for next week
A federal appeals court has refused to stop next week's scheduled execution of an East Texas man condemned for setting a fire...
View ArticleTexas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th...
View ArticleDeath Penalties, Executions Slow As Capital Punishment Is Squeezed
AUSTIN, Texas, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Capital punishment in the United States has moved into the slow lane, with the number of executions and new death sentences likely to hit lows not seen for more than...
View ArticleTexas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th...
View ArticleMan charged with murder in East Texas camp killings
According to a previous warrant, the 33-year-old suspect was drinking with the group Saturday when he accompanied four of them into surrounding woods. The warrant says the lone survivor, Cynthia...
View ArticleTexas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th...
View ArticleTexas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th...
View ArticleJudge orders Arkansas to disclose execution drugs
By Steve Barnes LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - A state judge on Thursday ordered Arkansas to disclose by noon Friday the drugs it plans to use to execute inmates by lethal injection, as well as the...
View ArticleTexas man executed for setting fire that killed 3 children
A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and her two young half-sisters at an East Texas home 15 years ago. Raphael Holiday, 36, became the 13th...
View ArticleFlorida Gov. Rick Scott orders execution for Glades County man convicted of...
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday ordered the execution of a man convicted in two 1983 killings. Michael Ray Lambrix, 55, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Feb. 11, 2016, at the Florida...
View ArticleThe Latest: Order to release execution drug source on hold
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The latest on the ongoing legal battle over an Arkansas law that keeps information about the supply of execution drugs secret (all times local): 11:05 a.m. The Arkansas Supreme...
View ArticleAlabama inmate asks judge to stay January execution date
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama death row inmate has asked a federal judge to postpone his January execution while he and other inmates challenge the state's lethal injection method. A lawyer for...
View ArticleArkansas Supreme Court halts decision on disclosure of execution drugs
LITTLE ROCK (Reuters) - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday put on hold a decision a day earlier by a lower court judge who ordered the state to...
View ArticleOklahoma prison chief who served during troubled execution steps down
By Jon Herskovitz (Reuters) - Oklahoma's Department of Corrections director resigned on Friday after a term in office in which troubles in the state's death chamber led to a halt in executions and...
View ArticleWhy Texas county known for death sentences has given none in 2015
As the state prepares to execute its 13th person this year on Wednesday, the case of Harris County, where 124 offenders have been executed, reflects shift among juries and prosecutors in opting for...
View ArticleThe Latest on Ga. execution: High court denies stay request
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) -- The latest on a death row inmate scheduled to die Tuesday in Georgia (all times local): 11:05 p.m. The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution sought by a Georgia man...
View ArticleGeorgia executes Brian Keith Terrell for killing his mother's friend
Prisoner put to death by lethal injection despite his lawyers arguing there was no physical evidence connecting him to the 1992 murder...
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