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1 month ago
US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus
An inmate scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus
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US set to execute 1st of 5 inmates before Biden inauguration
First is a former Texas gang member for the 1999 slaying of a young couple.
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2 months ago
Biden to work to end executions as government sets 3 more
A spokesman for Joe Biden says the president-elect is against the death penalty and will work to end its use
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US schedules 1st federal execution of woman in nearly 70 years
The U.S. Department of Justice has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in nearly seven decades.
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Justice Dept. seeks to overturn order halting execution
A lower court’s ruling halted the first federal execution in nearly two decades.
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Appeals court: 1st federal execution in 17 years can proceed
Federal appeals court rules that the execution can proceed as scheduled Monday.
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Tennessee inmates ask court to stop execution scheduling
They argue Tennessee's use of capital punishment is rooted in a racist past.
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