Oklahoma carries out its first execution since botched one...
Oklahoma executed a death row inmate Thursday for killing a baby in 1997 in the states first lethal injection since a botched one last spring. Prison officials declared Charles Frederick Warner dead...
View ArticleSuit: Stop law shielding lethal injection drugmakers’ names
Four death row inmates who are suing Ohio officials over a new state law that shields the names of companies providing lethal injection drugs want a federal court to prevent the law from taking effect...
View ArticleIn close vote, Utah House OKs firing-squad proposal
A hotly contested proposal that resurrects Utahs use of firing squads to carry out executions narrowly passed a key vote Friday in the states Legislature after three missing lawmakers were summoned...
View ArticleExecution of only woman on Georgia's death row POSTPONED at the last minute
The execution of the only woman on Georgia's death row has been postponed at the last minute for a second time in less than a week - because the drug used in the lethal injection she was scheduled to...
View ArticleThree of Utah's eight death row inmates have CHOSEN to die by firing squad
It is a macabre choice to make - and almost unique to some inmates on Utah's death row: would you be injected with toxic chemicals, or shot in the heart? But, amid cries of outrage against the...
View ArticleTriple murderer put to death in Texas
Washington (AFP) - The state of Texas executed a man convicted in the triple murder of his girlfriend, her mother and her grandfather, officials said. Derrick Charles, 32, was put to death by lethal...
View ArticleSouth Carolina governor says Charleston massacre gunman should...
Two days after the shooting deaths of nine people during a Bible study at a Charleston church, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said the gunman 'absolutely' should be put to death. However, the state,...
View ArticleInternational Law and Agreements: Their Effect upon U.S. Law
International Law and Agreements: Their Effect upon U.S. Law Michael John GarciaLegislative AttorneyFebruary 18, 2015 Summary This report provides an introduction to the roles that international law...
View ArticleMississippi could debate firing squad as execution method
Mississippi's attorney general said Wednesday that he will ask lawmakers to approve the firing squad, electrocution or nitrogen gas as alternate methods of execution in case the state is prevented from...
View ArticlePanel defeats bill banning use of 'secret' execution drugs [Virginia]
A Virginia legislative committee has defeated a measure that sought to prohibit officials from using execution drugs they received from another state if they don't reveal the source of the drugs....
View ArticleBill to make electric chair backup in Virginia moves forward
A bill that would force condemned inmates to die by the electric chair if the state can't find lethal injection drugs is one step closer to final approval in Virginia. [...] The bill sailed through the...
View ArticleTexas man executed for 1997 shooting rampage that killed 5 (Coy Wesbrook)
A man convicted of killing five people including his ex-wife in a 1997 shooting rampage near Houston was put to death Wednesday. Coy Wesbrooks lethal injection was the eighth this year nationally and...
View ArticlePfizer moves to block its drugs from being used in lethal injections
Lethal injections will probably become more difficult to carry out in the United States because Pfizer, the second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world, has strengthened controls to prevent its...
View ArticlePfizer’s Lethal Injection Drug Ban Raises Fears of Alternative Execution...
Human rights campaigners warn action is needed to stop use of unlicensed drugs or other legally unsatisfactory methodsHuman rights groups have welcomed news that pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is to block...
View ArticleTexas 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 states 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....
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