AL Halts Execution Over Delay, Problem With Lethal Injection
Alabama officials called off the lethal injection of Alan Miller, convicted in a 1999 workplace shooting, because of time concerns and...
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Sep 13, 20221 min read
New Execution Method May Be Tried in Alabama If Court OKs It
Alabama is readying an untried method of execution to carry out death sentences – nitrogen hypoxia. The state approved the method in...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 7, 20221 min read
SC Judge Says Firing Squad, Electric Chair Violate State Constitution
A South Carolina judge ruled that the firing squad and electric chair are prohibited by the state's constitution, a decision to be...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 26, 20221 min read
Oklahoma Executes Killer, Fifth Since Resuming Capital Punishment
Oklahoma executed James Coddington on Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22, 20221 min read
Oklahoma Plans To Execute One Inmate A Month Through 2024
Oklahoma will soon begin executing about one death row inmate per month, with plans to put to death 25 prisoners over the next two years...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 18, 20221 min read
Texas Puts Killer To Death; Second State Execution In 2022
Texas put to death a man who fatally stabbed a real estate agent more than 16 years ago, the second execution this year in what has been...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 17, 20221 min read
OK Governor Delays Glossip Execution Amid Innocence Claims
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt gave death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution while a state appeals court considers his...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 16, 20222 min read
Alabama Prisoner Mistreated During Three-Hour Execution
Joe Nathan James Jr. was sentenced to die for killing 26-year-old Faith Hall in 1994. The pair had dated before James was rejected, and...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 4, 20222 min read
Oklahoma Board Seeks Clemency For Death Row Inmate
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted to spare the life of a death row inmate. James Coddington addressed the board himself and...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 1, 20221 min read
Reporter Covering AL Execution Denied Admission Over Skirt Length
Ivana Hrynkiw, an Alabama journalist was denied entrance to an execution because she was told that her skirt was too short. Hrynkiw, a...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 29, 20221 min read
Alabaman Executed Despite Pleas From Victim's Family To Spare Him
Alabama inmate Joe Nathan James Jr. was executed Thursday night for killing his former girlfriend, despite pleas from the victim’s family...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 5, 20221 min read
Oklahoma To Execute A Death Row Inmate Monthly Through 2024
Oklahoma is planning to execute a death row prisoner nearly every month starting in August through 2024, a move that is likely to cause...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 5, 20222 min read
Garland Considers Seeking Death Penalty in Buffalo Slaughter
The Biden administration’s pledge to pursue racial equity in criminal justice is facing a crucial test: whether federal prosecutors will...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 24, 20221 min read
Supreme Court Rules For Inmate Seeking Execution by Firing Squad
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 in favor of a Georgia death row inmate who challenged the state’s lethal injection protocol, Courthouse...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 14, 20222 min read
TX Court Defies Supreme Court, Reinstates Death Sentence
Two years ago, the Supreme Court determined that Terence Andrus, a death row inmate in Texas, received unconstitutionally ineffective...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 9, 20222 min read
AZ Executes Second Inmate In A Month After Appeals Fail
Convicted killer Frank Atwood was executed by lethal injection Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid to stop his...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 7, 20221 min read
Federal Judge Upholds Oklahoma Execution Protocol
A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled the state's three-drug lethal injection protocol is constitutional, clearing the way for the state to...
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Crime and Justice News
May 27, 20222 min read
Before He Leaves High Court, Breyer Pushes Against Death Penalty
During his last few weeks in office, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is pushing for his colleagues to take up a constitutional...
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Crime and Justice News
May 12, 20221 min read
Death Row Inmates Spending More Time Waiting Behind Bars
Condemned inmates in the U.S. are spending more time on death row, NPR reports. "We're seeing death sentences near record lows. We're...
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Crime and Justice News
May 12, 20221 min read
Arizona Executes Clarence Dixon, State's First Since 2014
Arizona executed Clarence Dixon at the state prison in Florence on Wednesday for the 1978 murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University...
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