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November 4, 2019
Over 100,000 people have signed a petition for a stay on the execution of Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed,…
October 20, 2017
On Thursday, an Alabama man who was accused of killing a cop in 1997 was put to death via lethal…
August 22, 2017
Attorneys for a Missouri inmate scheduled for execution Tuesday warn that the state is preparing to execute a potentially innocent…
December 13, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Romell Broom to stop a second execution attempt after the Ohio death…
August 7, 2016
According to video released on Friday, Chicago police officers were caught checking around them to make sure that their body
May 22, 2016
If there was one thing that Candace Pickens loved, it was being a mother to her son Zachaeus. The 23-year-old
February 1, 2016
California's ban on the death penalty came to end in November, which has left Kevin Cooper facing execution-- even though…
November 19, 2015
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas inmate was executed Wednesday for setting a fire that killed his 18-month-old daughter and…
January 27, 2015
ATLANTA (AP) — A 54-year-old man who has come within hours of execution three times in recent years is scheduled…
May 27, 2014
NBC News -- The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a law used by Florida and other states that set…
May 19, 2014
NBC News -- A Georgia law that shrouds lethal-injection drugs in secrecy was upheld by the state's highest court on…
May 14, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court halted a convicted Texas killer's scheduled execution Tuesday so his attorneys can…
May 8, 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's attorney general has agreed to a six-month stay of execution for a death row inmate…
May 2, 2014
AP - Some of the three drugs used in a botched Oklahoma execution this week didn't enter the inmate's system…
April 30, 2014
McALESTER, Oklahoma (AP) — Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate's execution after a new drug combination left the man writhing…
April 22, 2014
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma inmate's execution set for Tuesday was canceled following a stay order that the state…
March 20, 2014
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former San Antonio rap musician has been executed for a knife attack and robbery that…
February 26, 2014
BONNE TERRE, Missouri (AP) - Michael Taylor, 47, who was convicted of abducting, raping and killing a 15-year-old girl as…
February 25, 2014
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man convicted of abducting, raping and killing a Kansas City teenager in 1989 will be…
January 22, 2014
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — The decision on whether to give a new trial to a 14-year-old boy executed in 1944…