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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
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First Federal Execution in 17 Years; Another Set Wednesday
The federal government has carried out its first execution in almost two decades
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Judge Blocks Federal Executions; Administration Appeals
A U.S. 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