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Judge Rules Lethal Injection Constitutional, Avoids Firing Squad Debate
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Circuit Court’s ruling and Justice Elena Kagan wrote Nance was, “not confined to ...
Five years after last execution, Tennessee attorney general looks to resume killings
The Tennessee Attorney General's Office is asking the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for five people on death row ...
Judge says lethal injection doesn’t violate rights of man on death row, avoids firing squad question
A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating ...
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Judge denies Georgia prisoner’s bid for death by firing squad
A Georgia death row inmate who fatally shot a man while fleeing from a bank robbery in Gwinnett County cannot be executed by ...
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Bill to allow nitrogen-gas executions raises legal, medical questions
Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill ...
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Judge says lethal injection doesn’t violate rights of Georgia death row inmate who requested firing squad
Michael Wade Nance argued that because of his medical history an injection could cause him severe pain in violation of his constitutional rights.
Why new Attorney General Pam Bondi is going all in on the federal death penalty
Elections have consequences, so the slogan goes. One of those consequences was on full display Feb. 5, in the minutes after ...
South Carolina death row inmate asking for postponed execution to obtain autopsy from state's last execution
A South Carolina death row inmate is again asking for his execution to be postponed since his lawyers have not received the ...
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The history of the death penalty in Louisiana: How executions, opinions changed over time
It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
Judge rejects request from Georgia death row inmate to be executed by firing squad
A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal ...
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Court sets March 19 date for first execution in Arizona in over 2 years
The Arizona Supreme Court has set a March 19 execution date for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and has said himself that his lethal injection is long overdue ...