Georgia board denies clemency for Troy Davis
Execution scheduled for Wednesday
Tuesday, Sep 20, 2011 1:22 PM UTC 22News Death Penalty
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Texas execution halted amid Supreme Court review
High bench will review question of how race might have played into death sentence
Friday, Sep 16, 2011 12:14 PM UTC 19News Death Penalty, Supreme Court
Cheering for state-imposed death
The GOP's celebration of Rick Perry's record prompts outrage -- but where was the anger over bin Laden's death?
Thursday, Sep 8, 2011 2:09 PM UTC 556Politics Death Penalty
Rick Perry set to carry out one or two more questionable executions as candidate
A man sentenced with racially charged testimony and one who may be exonerated by science sit on death row in Texas
Friday, Sep 2, 2011 3:01 PM UTC 53Politics Rick Perry, War Room
Texas executes man convicted in 1998 double murder
U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments that Milton Mathis was mentally impaired and ineligible for execution
Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 10:34 AM UTCNews Death Penalty, Texas
Illinois governor to abolish death penalty
Eleven year moratorium on death penalty will officially transition into abolition after expected bill-signing today
Wednesday, Mar 9, 2011 2:02 PM UTC 27News Death Penalty
Ohio judge upholds right to death chamber lawyer
Ruling allows inmates to have their lawyer present at their execution in case something goes wrong
Friday, Jan 28, 2011 11:43 PM UTCNews Death Penalty, Ohio
Ohio to put prisoners down like dogs, literally
As more and more EU countries ban the exportation of crucial execution drugs, states begin to take drastic measure
Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 9:05 PM UTC 29News Death Penalty, Crime, Drugs
Death penalty ban awaits signature in Illinois
Gov. Pat Quinn has publicly opposed a repeal but is under intense pressure from fellow Democrats to sign
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2011 10:39 PM UTCNews Death Penalty
Illinois Senate debates end to death penalty
States' House has already passed measure, but it's not clear whether Gov. Pat Quinn will sign abolition bill
Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011 8:26 PM UTCNews Death Penalty
Legal experts: Insanity defense difficult for Loughner
Veteran lawyers expect federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty
Monday, Jan 10, 2011 9:22 PM UTC 22News Jared Loughner, Death Penalty
Death penalty to be tested in Texas court
Prosecutors will remain mute as lawyers for John Edward Green Jr. argue punishment risks execution of innocents
Monday, Dec 6, 2010 9:55 PM UTCNews Death Penalty, Texas
Iraqi president says no to Tariq Aziz death order
Decision likely sets off a battle over the fate of Saddam Hussein's spokesman
Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 5:50 PM UTCNews Iraq, Death Penalty
Arizona executes inmate after stay is lifted
Jeffrey Landrigan dies of lethal injection after Supreme Court overrules federal judge's drug concerns
Wednesday, Oct 27, 2010 12:40 PM UTC 23News Death Penalty, Crime
Arizona got execution drug from England, AG says
State becomes first to acknowledge obtaining a chemical used in lethal injection manufactured overseas.
Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010 9:12 PM UTCNews Death Penalty
Utah will execute killer by firing squad at midnight
Ronnie Lee Gardner will be the third person to be shot to death by a state since 1976
Thursday, Jun 17, 2010 5:29 PM UTC 22News Death Penalty
Experts say firing squad a more humane execution
Utah inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner's aversion to lethal injection "not for publicity," says his lawyer
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010 5:54 PM UTC 31News Death Penalty
Condemned Utah killer will face firing squad
Ronnie Lee Gardner chooses old-fashioned execution method, which is not an option in any other state
Friday, Apr 23, 2010 8:15 PM UTC 13News Death Penalty
Death penalty foes woo conservatives
But will mainstream GOP agree that it's as "immoral as abortion"?
Monday, Jan 18, 2010 5:21 PM UTC 22News Death Penalty
Prosecutor pushes smear campaign against students
Cook County D.A. uses the long arm of the law to harass journalism students working on exonerating prisoners
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2009 2:12 PM UTC 17All Salon Crime, Death Penalty
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