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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown commutes state's 17 death sentences
Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed an order Tuesday to commute the sentences of the state's 17 death row inmates. The term-limited politician who leaves office in less than a...
Missouri man who killed cop in 2005 executed
A Missouri man who killed a police officer 17 years ago he blamed for his younger brother's death was executed Tuesday night.
Missouri woman can't watch her father's execution, judge rules
A 19-year-old woman is too young to witness the state of Missouri execute her father, who was sentenced to death for killing a police officer when he was a teen,...
Alabama botches lethal injection of convicted killer, calls it off at 11th hour
Miller's execution was called off about 11:30 p.m. when prison officials decided the vein issue would keep them from meeting the midnight deadline, Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said.
Death row inmate forgives governor who denied him clemency before execution
James Coddington forgives Oklahoma's governor prior to his execution.
Reporter barred from execution because her skirt was 'too short'
“I have worn this skirt to prior executions without incident," Ivana Hrynkiw Shatara said about her “inappropriate” oufit.
Tennessee gov calls off first execution since pandemic began due to 'oversight'
Gov. Bill Lee announced Thursday that he was calling off Oscar Smith's execution, what was to have been Tennessee's first execution since the pandemic.
Alabama man executed for 1996 murder following Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court rejected claims Matthew Reeves' intellectual disability misled him to accept death by means of lethal injection rather than a new, alternative method recently legalized by the state.
Barricades placed at Oklahoma gov's mansion amid last-second efforts to stop execution
A ring of orange and white protection was in place by late Tuesday, as protesters once again returned to implore Gov. Kevin Stitt to stop the lethal injection.
Death row inmate convulses, vomits in 3rd consecutively botched Oklahoma execution
After a five-year moratorium, the state of Oklahoma botched its third consecutive execution on Thursday when convict John Marion Grant died after convulsing and vomiting all over himself following a...
Missouri execution to go on as scheduled, despite pope's plea
Missouri is planning to execute an inmate on Tuesday, despite a plea from Pope Francis not to put him to death. Gov. Mike Parson had been facing pressure to grant...
Four years after man is executed for murder, DNA casts doubt on guilt
An Arkansas man was executed in 2017 for killing his neighbor -- but activists say new tests show someone else’s DNA on the murder weapon. Ledell Lee was arrested in...
How China became a notorious executioner with injections and firing squads
China has been branded the world's worst executioner as the state kills thousands of people every year using firing squads, lethal injections and mobile death vans. The true numbers of...
US executes 'womb raider,' the first woman put to death since 1953
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A Kansas woman was executed Tuesday for strangling an expectant mother in Missouri and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly seven...
Murderer who survived botched execution dies of possible COVID-19 complications
A condemned killer who survived a botched execution attempt more than a decade ago in Ohio has died of possible coronavirus complications, officials said. Romell Broom, 64, is suspected to...
Judge halts first federal execution in 17 years, citing COVID-19 concerns
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Indiana on Friday halted the first federal execution planned in 17 years, citing concerns over the coronavirus by the victims’ family. Daniel Lee, 47,...
Texas death row inmate to be first execution since coronavirus delay
A Texas inmate convicted of fatally shooting an elderly man nearly three decades ago is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Wednesday -- the first execution in...
Oklahoma Attorney general says state will resume executions
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma plans to resume executing death-row inmates, five years after lethal injections were put on hold following a series of death-chamber mishaps, state officials announced Thursday. Gov....
'I want to see Lord Jesus so bad': Wife killer's final words before execution
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas inmate with a history of violence against women was executed Wednesday evening for fatally shooting his wife, who had feared she would never get out...
'I-95 Killer' set to be executed in Florida
A Florida serial killer who targeted older, gay men in a months-long killing rampage 25 years ago is set to be executed. Gary Ray Bowles, 57, is scheduled to die...