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Thailand Carries Out First Execution Since 2009
Thailand has carried out its first execution since 2009, the government said, putting a 26-year-old convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in a move condemned by Amnesty International as "deplorable".
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Oklahoma To Use Nitrogen For Executions In First For US
Oklahoma officials said on Wednesday the state would resume executions using nitrogen gas, a move that would make it the first U.S. state to use the gas for capital punishment.
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New Plan Could Allow Executions to Resume in California
California authorities proposed Friday a new method to execute inmates by lethal injection, potentially allowing the US state to resume capital punishment nearly a decade after legal challenges halted the practice.
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Convicted Murderer is Executed by Lethal Injection in Texas
The state of Texas today executed a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a man in 1998, after robbing his victim of eight dollars.
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Death Row Inmate to Ask US Top Court to Consider Death Penalty
A death row inmate in Oklahoma who unsuccessfully sought to ban a controversial drug used in lethal injections will ask the Supreme Court to consider if capital punishment is constitutional, his lawyer said Friday.
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US Supreme Court Takes On Lethal Injections
The US Supreme Court was set to hear arguments about lethal injections Wednesday, after states began using alternative drugs -- believed by some to cause pain and suffering -- to carry out the executions.
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United States' Top Court to Weigh Key Lethal Injection Case
The US Supreme Court is on Wednesday set to consider the constitutionality of a controversial lethal injection technique, in a key case that could have broader implications for capital punishment in America.
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US Death Row Inmates Appeal Injection Ruling
A group of Oklahoma death row inmates scheduled to die early next year filed notice on Tuesday stating they intend to appeal the ruling of a federal judge who says the state's new lethal injection protocol is constitutional.
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Ohio killer executed with new lethal drug combo
A condemned killer appeared to gasp several times during his prolonged execution with the first use of a lethal injection process never before tried in the US.
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US man put to death for elderly women's rapes, murders
An Oklahoma man sentenced to death for the murders of two elderly women a quarter-century ago has been executed by lethal injection, state prison officials said.
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US set to execute first woman in more than two years
Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put to death in the United States in more than two years.
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Thailand Carries Out First Execution Since 2009
Thailand has carried out its first execution since 2009, the government said, putting a 26-year-old convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in a move condemned by Amnesty International as "deplorable".
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Oklahoma To Use Nitrogen For Executions In First For US
Oklahoma officials said on Wednesday the state would resume executions using nitrogen gas, a move that would make it the first U.S. state to use the gas for capital punishment.
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New Plan Could Allow Executions to Resume in California
California authorities proposed Friday a new method to execute inmates by lethal injection, potentially allowing the US state to resume capital punishment nearly a decade after legal challenges halted the practice.
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Convicted Murderer is Executed by Lethal Injection in Texas
The state of Texas today executed a death row inmate convicted of fatally shooting a man in 1998, after robbing his victim of eight dollars.
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Death Row Inmate to Ask US Top Court to Consider Death Penalty
A death row inmate in Oklahoma who unsuccessfully sought to ban a controversial drug used in lethal injections will ask the Supreme Court to consider if capital punishment is constitutional, his lawyer said Friday.
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US Supreme Court Takes On Lethal Injections
The US Supreme Court was set to hear arguments about lethal injections Wednesday, after states began using alternative drugs -- believed by some to cause pain and suffering -- to carry out the executions.
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United States' Top Court to Weigh Key Lethal Injection Case
The US Supreme Court is on Wednesday set to consider the constitutionality of a controversial lethal injection technique, in a key case that could have broader implications for capital punishment in America.
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US Death Row Inmates Appeal Injection Ruling
A group of Oklahoma death row inmates scheduled to die early next year filed notice on Tuesday stating they intend to appeal the ruling of a federal judge who says the state's new lethal injection protocol is constitutional.
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Ohio killer executed with new lethal drug combo
A condemned killer appeared to gasp several times during his prolonged execution with the first use of a lethal injection process never before tried in the US.
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US man put to death for elderly women's rapes, murders
An Oklahoma man sentenced to death for the murders of two elderly women a quarter-century ago has been executed by lethal injection, state prison officials said.
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US set to execute first woman in more than two years
Texas is set to execute Kimberly McCarthy by lethal injection on Tuesday, the first woman to be put to death in the United States in more than two years.
