Lethal Injection

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January 29, 2013
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - State District Judge Larry Mitchell issued a reprieve for 51-year-old Kimberly McCarthy less than five hours…
August 8, 2012
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man convicted of killing a police informant two decades ago was executed Tuesday evening...
August 7, 2012
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Tuesday evening execution of a Texas death…
August 1, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - While executions in the state of Texas aren’t necessarily newsworthy, as the state executes convicted criminals at…
July 18, 2012
A 33-year-old man convicted of carjacking and fatally shooting a stockbroker will head to the Texas death chamber Wednesday, becoming…
June 5, 2012
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Two women who asked Mississippi's governor Phil Bryant to spare their brother from execution, even though…
May 25, 2012
The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for…
April 6, 2012
Linda Carty was sentenced to death by lethal injection 11 years ago after killing a young woman with the intent…
September 21, 2011
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - His offer to take a polygraph test was rejected. So was his request for the pardons…
September 20, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Amnesty International, the NAACP and the National Action Network are drawing attention to one last effort...
September 20, 2011
ATLANTA - The Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday rejected Davis' request for clemency after hearing hours of testimony…
September 15, 2011
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Forty-eight-year-old Duane Buck is scheduled for lethal injection Thursday evening for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend a…
November 10, 2009
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) - Unless Virginia's governor steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for attacks…
October 5, 2009
A federal appeals court on Monday halted the execution of an inmate three weeks after problems with a lethal injection…