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 ...
Death-row inmate deemed incompetent to be executed is to be reevaluated
Authorities say Trooper Nikky Green was fatally shot with his own gun while trying to arrest Ricky Malone for allegedly ...
Jewish group protests against nitrogen hypoxia as method of execution
The group Jews Against Gassing gathered on the steps of the Touro Synagogue to protest against the state’s plan to execute ...
Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years scheduled for March
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - It’s been 15 years since anyone on death row in Louisiana was executed. That could change next month. The first death sentence to be carried out since 2010 is scheduled for ...
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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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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 ...
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Judge finds lethal injection would not violate rights of Georgia inmate wanting firing squad
Attorneys for Michael Wade Nance, who argued his compromised veins would make lethal injection painful, said they plan to ...
Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...
Florida death row inmate executed for the 1997 killing of a couple in front of toddler
A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by the couple’s toddler was put ...
Two death row inmates convicted of murder executed
Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this ...
3 death row inmates granted 3-year-long execution reprieve
Each of the men have been given an extra three years, due to problems with the pharmaceutical supply chain, the release said.
Did James Ford Have Any Final Words Before Florida Execution?
James Dennis Ford, a convicted killer on death row since 1999, did not share any final words before he was executed by lethal ...