Texas appeals court halts execution of man who did not kill anyone
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday halted an execution planned for next week of a man convicted as an accomplice to a murder he did not commit in a case that raised questions about how the...
View ArticleOhio plans January execution using new 3-drug combination
Ohio said it plans to resume executions in January with a new three-drug combination after an unofficial moratorium dating to early 2014 and blamed on shortages of lethal drugs. It said it will return...
View ArticleUS state of Georgia prepares to execute cop killer
The southern US state of Georgia was preparing Wednesday to execute a man convicted of killing a police officer, after the state parole board denied a request for clemency. Gregory Lawler, 63, was set...
View ArticleInmate protests execution drugs as worse than a firing squad [Ricky Gray, VA]
A Virginia inmate asked a federal court Wednesday to block the state’s plans to execute him next month with lethal injection drugs from a secret compounding pharmacy, suggesting even a firing squad...
View ArticleLegal experts say accused airport shooter has limited options: plea deal,...
Facing overwhelming evidence against him and a possible death penalty, Esteban Santiago's legal team has only two realistic options, experts say: Try to make a swift plea agreement or pursue an...
View ArticleMississippi considers firing squad as method of execution
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are advancing a proposal to add firing squad, electrocution and gas chamber as execution methods in case a court blocks the use of lethal injection drugs....
View ArticleArkansas Rushes to Execute 8 Men in the Space of 10 Days
The state of Arkansas plans to put to death eight inmates over a span of 10 days next month, a pace of executions unequaled in recent American history and brought about by a looming expiration date for...
View ArticleMississippi high court: Execution plans can be kept secret
Mississippi’s Supreme Court says the state doesn’t have to publicly disclose details of how it carries out executions. Thursday’s 7-2 decision dismisses a lawsuit that sought the release of...
View ArticleArkansas wants to kill inmates with drugs for the living
When administered as their manufacturers intend, the three drugs Arkansas could use in lethal injections next week — if courts allow the executions to proceed — are key products of the pharmaceutical...
View ArticleSomething 'was not right' with execution, attorney says [Robert...
A lawyer for an Alabama inmate put to death by lethal injection said Friday she is concerned his trembling limbs and labored breathing were an indication something “was not right” with the procedure....
View ArticleSebastian Gorka suggests Hillary Clinton should be tried for treason,...
Hillary Clinton deserves being tried for treason and potentially executed, according to Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s former deputy assistant. Mr. Gorka made the comment during an interview...
View ArticleMan’s lethal injection fight may lead him to electric chair [TN]
Attorneys for a Tennessee death row prisoner were trying to spare him from lethal injection and they succeeded — but not the way they hoped. Instead of getting the needle, Edmund Zagorski is scheduled...
View ArticleSC senators resurrect bill to bring back the electric chair, add firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. - S.C. senators have revived a proposal to bring back the electric chair for the state’s death row executions, as well as add firing squads as an execution option. The proposal passed...
View ArticleSupreme Court:Execution of Muslim inmate can proceed
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected claims from a Muslim inmate who said his religious rights were being violated, clearing the way for the lethal injection to go forward...
View ArticleDeath-row inmate says cryptic last words before fight breaks out at execution
A Texas death-row inmate who was executed Thursday for killing his estranged wife's family nearly 30 years ago, uttered cryptic final words before he died. "That'll be five dollars," Billie Wayne...
View ArticleFormer Marine arrested in 1976 slaying following DNA hit through genealogy site
SANTA ANA, Calif. - A former U.S. Marine whose DNA ties him to a 1976 homicide near a California military base was arrested last month in Louisiana after he was tracked down through genealogy websites,...
View ArticleDeath penalty states urged to turn over lethal injection drugs to help...
Death penalty states have been asked to hand over their stockpiles of drugs used in lethal injections to instead help save the lives of hundreds of patients admitted to intensive care units after...
View ArticleThe Trump administration is trying to bring back firing squads and...
The Trump administration is rushing to make a number of federal regulatory changes before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20, ProPublica reported on Wednesday. One of those changes,...
View ArticleShock! Doctors given bonus to euthanize 'severely hospitalized'...
The New Zealand government has announced that patients admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 can be killed via euthanasia, according to Scoop. In November, anti-euthanasia group #DefendNZ asked the New...
View ArticleEU Court Rules Belgium Violated Human Rights for Euthanizing Woman Suffering...
The facts of the case highlight the myriad dangers that arise when euthanasia is legalized, and make clear that even legal ‘safeguards’ are not sufficient to protect the right to life when the practice...
View ArticleCanada is Projected to Have Euthanized 13,500 People Last Year
The Daily Mail contacted the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition wondering about our projections for the number of Canadian euthanasia deaths in 2022. EPC has published articles reporting the number of...
View ArticleFlorida Murderer Punches his Lawyer as He Is Sentenced to Death for Killing...
A Florida double-murderer appeared with the word “killer” written on his own teeth in court Monday, where he proceeded to assault his own lawyer. Joseph Zieler, 61, beckoned his lawyer, Kevin Shirley,...
View ArticleAlabama cleared to become first state to execute inmate with nitrogen gas: court
Alabama's Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the state to execute an inmate using nitrogen gas. The state's attorney general’s request for an execution warrant for Kenneth Eugene Smith was granted in a...
View ArticleTens of Thousands of Elderly Secretly Euthanized to Boost ‘Covid...
A bombshell new report has sent shockwaves around the world after an investigation into the high numbers of “Covid deaths” during the pandemic uncovered evidence that tens of thousands of elderly...
View ArticleMan seeks clemency to avoid what could be Georgia's first execution in...
A Georgia man should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled and feels remorse for killing his former girlfriend three decades ago, his lawyers wrote in seeking clemency for him. Willie...
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