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South Carolina wants to restart capital punishment with three execution types
South Carolina wants to restart capital punishment with three execution types
Lawyers for four death row inmates who have run out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina supreme court that the state’s old electric chair and new firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments.

Tue, 06 Feb, 2024

Dave Yost
Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under Bill backed by attorney general
Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort on Tuesday that would bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, ending a yearslong unofficial death penalty moratorium.

Tue, 30 Jan, 2024

Alabama man shook violently during first nitrogen gas execution
Alabama man shook violently during first nitrogen gas execution
A man put to death using nitrogen gas shook and convulsed for minutes on the gurney as Alabama carried out a first-of-its-kind execution.

Sat, 27 Jan, 2024

Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas using new method for the first time
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas using new method for the first time
The state said the method would be humane, but critics called it cruel and experimental

Fri, 26 Jan, 2024

US Supreme Court rules Alabama can proceed with first execution by nitrogen gas
US Supreme Court rules Alabama can proceed with first execution by nitrogen gas
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Alabama can proceed with using nitrogen gas to put a man to death, refusing to block what would be the nation’s first execution by a new method since 1982.

Fri, 26 Jan, 2024

Alabama to put inmate to death with never-before-used execution method
Alabama to put inmate to death with never-before-used execution method
Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted killer whose 2022 lethal injection was called off at the last minute because authorities could not connect an IV line, is scheduled to be executed at an Alabama prison

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

Man executed in Oklahoma over double killing in 2001
Man executed in Oklahoma over double killing in 2001
A man who claimed he acted in self-defence when he shot and killed two men in 2001 has been executed in the US state of Oklahoma.

Thu, 30 Nov, 2023

Prisoner executed for murder of Oklahoma dance student in 1996
Prisoner executed for murder of Oklahoma dance student in 1996
A 44-year-old prisoner has been executed for the 1996 killing of a University of Oklahoma (OU) dance student. Anthony Sanchez was pronounced dead at 10. 19am local time following a three-drug injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023

Iran executes leader of attack that killed dozens at parade
Iran executes leader of attack that killed dozens at parade
Iran has executed an Iranian-Swedish dual national accused of masterminding a 2018 attack on a military parade that killed at least 25 people, one of several enemies of Tehran seized abroad in recent years amid tensions with the West.

Sat, 06 May, 2023

Man executed for killing girlfriend and three children despite innocence claims
Man executed for killing girlfriend and three children despite innocence claims
It was the nation’s fifth execution this year, following a previous execution in Missouri, two in Texas and one in Oklahoma. All were by lethal injection.

Wed, 08 Feb, 2023

Civil rights groups seek to halt killer’s execution
Civil rights groups seek to halt killer’s execution
Campaigners are fighting to halt the execution of a man who killed his girlfriend and her three children.

Mon, 06 Feb, 2023

Former police officer who hired two people to kill wife is executed
Former police officer who hired two people to kill wife is executed
A former suburban Texas police officer has been executed for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago.

Wed, 11 Jan, 2023

IRA Ambush
Irish Civil War: State executed twice as many republicans as the British had done in 1916-1921
Even after it passed the 'Public Safety Bill', there was no legal standing for the Provisional Government’s killings of a further 81 republican prisoners

Mon, 02 Jan, 2023

Alabama execution of Alan Miller called off over time and medical concerns
Alabama execution of Alan Miller called off over time and medical concerns
Alabama officials called off the lethal injection of a man convicted of shooting three people because of time concerns and trouble accessing the inmate’s veins.

Fri, 23 Sep, 2022

Oklahoma Execution
Man executed by lethal injection for 1997 Oklahoma hammer killing
James Coddington, 50, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was pronounced dead at 10.16am local time

Thu, 25 Aug, 2022

Death Penalty-Alabama
Killer executed despite calls for clemency from victim’s family
An Alabama prisoner convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago has been executed, despite pleas from the victim’s family to spare his life.

Fri, 29 Jul, 2022

Japan Execution
Japanese man executed for killing seven in Tokyo truck and stabbing rampage
A Japanese man who killed seven people in a lorry crash and stabbing rampage in Tokyo in 2008 has been executed. Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa told reporters that Tomohiro Kato was hanged at the Tokyo detention centre earlier on Tuesday.

Tue, 26 Jul, 2022

Death Penalty Arizona
Arizona executes inmate over 1984 killing of eight-year-old girl
An Arizona man convicted of murder in the 1984 killing of an eight-year-old girl has been executed. It was the state’s second execution since officials resumed carrying out the death penalty in May following a nearly eight-year hiatus.

Wed, 08 Jun, 2022

Death Penalty Arizona
Prisoner put to death in Arizona’s first execution since 2014
An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 has been put to death after a nearly eight-year pause in the state’s use of the death penalty brought on by an execution that critics say was botched — and the difficulty officials faced ...

Wed, 11 May, 2022

Death Penalty Arizona
Arizona plans to execute first prisoner in nearly eight years
An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 is scheduled to become the first person to be executed in the state after a nearly eight-year hiatus in its use of the death penalty.

Wed, 11 May, 2022

Death Penalty Arizona
Arizona execution of Clarence Dixon on track after court challenges fail
The planned execution of an Arizona man remains on track after two last-minute court efforts ended without decisions that would sidetrack the state from putting 66-year-old Clarence Dixon to death.

Tue, 10 May, 2022

Malaysia Death Sentence
Singapore executes disabled Malaysian man over drugs conviction
Authorities in Singapore have executed a mentally disabled Malaysian man condemned over a drug offence after a court dismissed a last-minute challenge from his mother and international pleas to spare him.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2022

Texas Execution Lucio Vigil
Texas appeals court delays execution of Melissa Lucio
A Texas appeals court has delayed the execution of a woman amid growing doubts about whether she beat her two-year-old daughter to death.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2022

South Carolina-Execution
Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution
South Carolina’s highest court has issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution.

Wed, 20 Apr, 2022

South Carolina-Execution
South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair
A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair.

Fri, 15 Apr, 2022

Alabama Execution
Death row inmate executed in Alabama over 1996 killing
A prisoner has been executed in the US state of Alabama by lethal injection over a 1996 murder.

Fri, 28 Jan, 2022

Texas Execution
Texas inmate wins reprieve over call for pastor to lay hands on him as he dies
A US death row inmate won a reprieve from execution for killing a convenience store worker during a 2004 robbery that garnered 1.25 US dollars after claiming the state was violating his religious freedom by not letting his pastor lay hands on him at ...

Thu, 09 Sep, 2021

Texas Execution
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 on Wednesday evening despite requests from some of the victim’s family to spare his life.

Thu, 20 May, 2021

Nevada Execution-Firing Squad
US killer fighting June execution date asks state to consider firing squad
A convicted killer who is fighting a possible June execution date that would make him the first person put to death in Nevada in 15 years is calling for the state to consider the firing squad as an option.

Tue, 20 Apr, 2021

Gavel, scales of justice and law books
Court clears way for first federal execution of female inmate in 67 years
Montgomery was convicted of killing 23-year-old Bobbie Jo Stinnett in the northwest Missouri town of Skidmore in 2004

Wed, 13 Jan, 2021

Federal Executions
US executes Louisiana truck driver who killed daughter
The Trump administration continued its unprecedented series of post-election federal executions on Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused and then killed his two-year-old daughter in 2002.

Sat, 12 Dec, 2020

Federal Executions
Trump administration plans second execution in as many days
The Trump administration plans to continue its unprecedented series of post-election executions by putting to death a truck driver who severely abused his two-year-old daughter for weeks in 2002, then killed her by slamming her head against a ...

Fri, 11 Dec, 2020

Federal-Executions
US carries out rare execution during presidential transition
The Trump administration carried out the first execution during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years on Thursday, putting to death a Texas street-gang member for his role in the slayings of a religious couple from Iowa more than two decades ...

Fri, 11 Dec, 2020

Federal Executions
US government executes man convicted of killing teenager in 1994
A 49-year-old man has been put to death in the US over the abduction and murder of a 16-year-old girl in Texas in 1994.

Fri, 20 Nov, 2020

Federal Execution-Iowa Kingpin
Drug kingpin to be third man executed in US this week
A ruthless Iowa meth kingpin who killed five people, including two young girls, in 1993 in a bid to thwart his prosecution for drug trafficking is to become the third federal inmate to be executed this week.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2020

Federal Execution Purkey
US executes second man this week
The United States has carried out its second federal execution this week, killing by lethal injection a Kansas man whose lawyers contended he had dementia and was unfit to be executed.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2020

Federal Executions
US Supreme Court clears way for second federal execution this week
The Supreme Court in the US has cleared the way for a second federal execution in as many days. The vote to allow the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey to go forward was five to four, with the court’s four liberal members dissenting.

Thu, 16 Jul, 2020

Federal Execution Purkey
US judge halts execution amid claims inmate has dementia
A judge has halted the execution of a man said to be suffering from dementia. Wesley Ira Purkey, 68, had been set to die by lethal injection in the US Government’s second execution after a 17-year hiatus.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2020

Federal Death Penalty-First Execution
US carries out the first federal execution in nearly two decades
The US government has carried out the first federal execution in almost two decades, putting to death a man who killed an Arkansas family in the 1990s. The execution came over the objection of the victims’ family.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2020

Federal Executions
Supreme Court clears way for execution of federal prisoner
The US government is moving ahead with the execution of the first federal prison inmate in 17 years after a divided Supreme Court reversed rulings made by lower courts.

Tue, 14 Jul, 2020

Federal Death Penalty History Q&A
US judge halts federal executions hours before resumption
A US district judge has ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at a federal prison in Indiana.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2020

Federal Executions
US to proceed with first federal execution in almost 20 years
The US government is planning to carry out the first federal execution in nearly two decades on Monday, over the objection of the family of the victims and after a volley of legal proceedings over the coronavirus pandemic.

Mon, 13 Jul, 2020

Chaos as two arrested during Texas execution
Chaos as two arrested during Texas execution

Chaos erupted outside Texas' death chamber when the son of a condemned inmate became aggressive, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words.

Fri, 01 Mar, 2019

Man convicted of raping and murdering college student yells 'murderers!' as he is executed
Man convicted of raping and murdering college student yells 'murderers!' as he is executed

A Florida inmate convicted of raping and killing a college student decades ago screamed and yelled "murderers!" three times, thrashing on a stretcher as he was being put to death.

Fri, 23 Feb, 2018

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