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Man Executed Despite Calls From Victim's Family to Spare Him
An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago was executed Thursday night despite pleas from the victim’s family to spare his life. Joe Nathan James Jr. received a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a stay. James was convicted and sentenced to death in the 1994 shooting...
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Texas Prosecutor Pushes Back on Pleas to Stop Execution of Melissa Lucio
Members of a Texas House committee on Tuesday repeatedly pressed a prosecutor to use his authority to stop the April 27 execution of Melissa Lucio, whose conviction is being questioned amid growing doubts about whether she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter.
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Lawyers Hope New Evidence Can Stop Execution of Texas Woman Convicted of Killing Daughter
During hours of relentless questioning, Melissa Lucio more than 100 times had denied fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter.
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Governor Commutes Julius Jones' Death Sentence
Julius Jones was scheduled to be executed at 5 p.m. ET in Oklahoma on Thursday.
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Kim Kardashian Draws Attention to Julius Jones Case as Oklahoma Execution Nears
Jones, who is on death row for the July 1999 murder of Paul Howell, is scheduled to be executed Thursday.
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Alabama Man Put to Death for 1991 Killing of Woman
Willie B. Smith III, who avoided execution in February, has been put to death for the 1991 killing of a woman abducted during a robbery and then shot in a cemetery.
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Concerns Raised After Execution of Fort Worth Man Without Media Present
While officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are blaming miscommunication for preventing reporters from witnessing the state’s first execution in nearly a year, legal and death penalty experts worry it’s another example of what they see as a lack of transparency and competency in how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S.
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Texas Executes Inmate Who Killed His Great Aunt in 1999
A Texas man convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt more than two decades ago was executed Wednesday evening, despite requests from some of the victim’s family to spare his life.
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Texas Man Facing Execution for Killing Great Aunt for $30 May be State's First in 10 Months
A Fort Worth man convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt before taking $30 from her purse is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday.
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After Death Row Inmate Is Executed, Attorneys Find DNA That Belongs to Someone Else
Arkansas death row inmate Ledell Lee maintained his innocence in the 1993 murder of Debra Reese up until his April 2017 execution.
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Supreme Court Cancels Alabama Execution After Injunction Maintained
An Alabama inmate has won a reprieve from a scheduled lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court said the state could not proceed without his pastor in the death chamber.
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Alabama Seeks to Be 1st State to Execute an Inmate This Year
Alabama would be the first state to carry out an execution this year if it wins final court approval to go ahead with plans to put to death a man convicted of murder
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Trump Administration Carries Out 13th and Final Execution
The Trump administration has carried out its 13th and final federal execution, five days before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in
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US Executes Virginia Gang Killer Despite COVID-19 Infection
The U.S. government has executed a drug trafficker for a series of slayings in Virginia in 1992, despite his recent COVID-19 infection
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Death Penalty Cases Show History of Racial Disparity, Report Finds
A new report by a think tank examining executions in the United States says death penalty cases show a long history of racial disparity, from who is executed to where and for what crimes.
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Kansas Girl's Killer 5th Federal Inmate Executed This Year
A man who killed a Kansas girl more than two decades ago has been executed in Indiana, the fifth federal inmate put to death this year and second this week
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Execution Set for Sole Native American on Federal Death Row
The U.S. government has set an execution date for the only Native American on federal death row.
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Iowa Meth Kingpin Is 3rd Executed by US Government This Week
The U.S. government has put to death an Iowa chemistry student-turned-meth kingpin convicted of killing two children and three adults
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US Executes 2nd Man in a Week; Lawyers Said He Had Dementia
The United States has carried out its second federal execution in three days, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose lawyers contended he had dementia
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Mental Fitness Claim Halts 2nd Federal Execution — for Now
A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia