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More details released in Alabama execution

ATMORE, Ala. — A man described by a police informant as trying to make a name for himself was executed Thursday for the 1994 shooting death of an Alabama store clerk during a robbery.

By By Harry R. Weber, The Associated Press , September 22, 2011

Federal appeals court denies Ga. inmate's appeal

A federal appeals court has rejected a stay of execution for a Georgia inmate who claims the state's plan to use a new lethal injection drug would cause him needless pain and suffering.

July 20, 2011

Texas executes Mexican after court stay rejected

Texas executed a Mexican citizen Thursday for the rape-slaying of a teenager after he and the White House pleaded in vain for a Supreme Court stay, saying he was denied help from his home country that could have helped him avoid the death penalty.

July 08, 2011

AP finds execution drug shortage widespread in US

An Associated Press review of the 35 states with capital punishment finds that most are about to run out of a key lethal injection drug or already have.

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press , January 28, 2011

Oklahoma executes man using new drug combination

MCALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma officials executed a convicted murderer Thursday using a drug combination that includes a sedative commonly used to euthanize animals, after a nationwide shortage of a key ingredient forced the state to tinker with the usual formula.

By By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press , December 16, 2010

Okla. set to execute inmate with substitute drug

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma officials said they were ready to execute a convicted murderer Thursday using a drug combination that includes a sedative commonly used to euthanize animals, after a nationwide shortage of a key ingredient forced the state to tinker with the usual formula.

By By Sean Murphy, The Associated Press , December 16, 2010

Fed judge blocks Calif. execution set for Thursday

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked what would have been California's first execution in nearly five years.

September 29, 2010

Some U.S. executions held up by shortage of drug

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Some executions in the U.S. have been put on hold because of a shortage of one of the drugs used in lethal injections from coast to coast.

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Associated Press , September 27, 2010

Experts argue firing squad a humane execution

June 16, 2010

Utah killer to get firing squad

Utah is set to execute a convicted killer by firing squad after a judge agreed Friday to the inmate’s request, renewing a debate over what critics see as an antiquated, Old West-style of justice.

By By Jennifer Dobner, The Associated Press , April 24, 2010

Fugitive missing for 38 years found running chapel

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A hitchhiker originally sentenced to be executed for the 1951 killing of a Montana man who picked him up during a blizzard has been found running a wedding chapel under an assumed name in Arizona 38 years after he skipped out on parole.

March 25, 2010

Ohio executes inmate with 1-drug lethal injection

Ohio has executed a convicted killer through the first U.S. lethal injection using a single drug, a longer but supposedly less painful method than previous executions with three drugs.

December 08, 2009

Texas man executed for beating death

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man convicted of fatally beating and shooting an East Texas man during a burglary almost 12 years ago was executed Thursday, in a case that gained notoriety because jurors may have consulted a Bible to justify his death sentence.

November 05, 2009

Troy Davis and the meaning of innocence

Sitting on death row in Georgia, Troy Davis has won a key victory against his own execution. On Aug. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court instructed a federal court in Georgia to consider, for the first time in a formal court proceeding, significant evidence of Davis’ innocence that surfaced after his conviction. This is the first such order from the U.S. Supreme Court in almost 50 years. Remarkably, the Supreme Court has never ruled on whether it is unconstitutional to execute an innocent person.

By Amy Goodman, Hearst Newspapers , August 21, 2009

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Texas judge ended day as death row appeal waited

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court who could hear it was preparing to shut the doors for the day.

August 16, 2009

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