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May 13, 2022, 12:46 AM
Execution ends Arizona 8-year hiatus with the death penalty
Clarence Davis was executed for the killing of a college student 44 years ago.
May 13, 2022, 12:46 AM
May 11, 2022, 4:33 PM
Arizona set to execute 1st prisoner in nearly 8 years
He was convicted of killing a college student in 1978.
May 11, 2022, 4:33 PM
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Texas halts Melissa Lucio's execution, court to consider new evidence
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will review Melissa Lucio's death sentence and make a recommendation to Gov. Greg Abbott. Her execution is set for April 27.
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Fight for Melissa Lucio's exoneration continues after stay of execution granted
Melissa Lucio was convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. Her case has gained national attention as her family and legal team fought for clemency.
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Stay issued on execution of Melissa Lucio two days before she was set to face death
Melissa Lucio was convicted of capital murder in 2008 in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Advocates say the case was mismanaged and that crucial parts of evidence were never presented.
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What to know about Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio's case
Melissa Lucio was found guilty of capital murder in the death of her two year old daughter in 2007. She has been in death row for the past 15 years.
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S. Carolina schedules 1st execution with firing squad ready
Offiicials set a April 29 execution date for Richard Bernard Moore.
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Lawyers hope new evidence can stop Texas woman's execution
A Texas woman has denied she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter.
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Oklahoma executes man for 2001 slayings of 2 hotel workers
Oklahoma has executed a man for the brutal slayings of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001
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Federal court rejects Oklahoma death row inmates appeal
Four Oklahoma death row inmates scheduled for execution in the next three months
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Texas pastor on Supreme Court death chamber case: What's the harm of prayer, touch?
John Ramirez is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow his Baptist pastor inside a Texas death chamber to pray aloud and lay a hand on his body as he's executed.
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Prison chief: Mississippi preps for 1st execution since 2012
Prison employees will do once-a-week rehearsals to prepare.
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Ruling could block Alabama execution scheduled next week
An appellate court has ordered a federal judge to consider an Alabama’s inmate’s request to block his execution next week
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Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims
Texas won't let spiritual advisers touch people as they are being put to death.
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Texas nurse faces capital murder trial for 4 patient deaths
A defense attorney for a former nurse accused of killing four patients at an East Texas hospital in 2017 has told jurors that his client was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time
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Tennessee inmate found dead after execution date request
Tennessee death row inmate Stephen Hugueley has died three days after the state filed a motion to set his execution date
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2nd South Carolina inmate seeking to block electrocution
Requested permission to join another inmate’s request to block electrocution.
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As South Carolina execution looms, firing squad debated
There are 37 men on South Carolina’s death row.
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Former jailer seeks clemency for one death row inmate
A lack of drugs used in lethal injections has stalled three executions in South Carolina over the past six months
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New law makes inmates choose electric chair or firing squad
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause
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2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages
Two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers who spent decades behind bars.
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South Carolina House adds firing squad to execution methods
The South Carolina House has voted to add the firing squad to the state's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs
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On federal death row, inmates talk about Biden, executions
Inmates on federal death row tell The Associated Press that a leading topic of conversation through air ducts they use to communicate is whether President Joe Biden will keep a campaign pledge to halt federal executions
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Ex-judges, others urge retrial for Alabama death row inmate
Former judges and prosecutors are joining those seeking a new trial for a death row inmate in Alabama
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Wyoming considering repeal of death penalty
Legislators in Wyoming have introduced a bill to end he state's use of capital punishment.
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10 death row inmates in Oklahoma could get new trials
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling means they could escape execution.
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Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
Executioners offered sanitized, incomplete versions to judges.
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Court stays execution of Alabama inmate
An appellate court has stayed the execution of an Alabama inmate
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82 advocacy groups call on Biden to end federal executions
Dozens of civil rights and advocacy organizations are calling on the Biden administration to immediately halt federal executions after an unprecedented run of capital punishment under President Donald Trump
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Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty
Joe Biden is the first sitting president to openly oppose the death penalty.
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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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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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