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Murder Convict Picks Electrocution Over Lethal Injection In Final Hours
A man put to death in the US state of Tennessee on Thursday for murdering a woman and her daughter chose in his final hours to be electrocuted rather than executed by lethal injection, prison officials said.
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US Supreme Court With Brett Kavanaugh Clears Path For Execution
The U.S. Supreme Court with new Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued two decisions on Thursday that helped clear the way for Tennessee to execute an inmate convicted of murdering two men in 1983.
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US Convict Prefers Electric Chair Over Lethal Injection For His Execution
A Tennessee man sentenced to death for a double murder has appealed to stop his execution by lethal injection, insisting the state should be forced to use the electric chair as he has requested.
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US Child Rapist, Murderer Executed With Drug That Gives "Torturous Pain"
Tennessee executed Billy Ray Irick on Thursday night, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a final request to stay his execution. Convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of 7-year-old Paula Dyer, Irick, 59, is the first state inmate to be put to death since 2009. He was also the first to receive Tennessee's new and controversial three-drug cocktail.
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US State To Execute Child Rapist, Murderer. Its First In A Decade
Tennessee is set to hold its first execution in nearly a decade on Thursday when it plans to put to death by lethal injection a man convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl he was babysitting.
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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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Absent Execution Drugs, US State Turns to Electric Chair
The governor of Tennessee has authorized use of the electric chair to execute death row inmates in the event drugs for lethal injections are unavailable.
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Murder Convict Picks Electrocution Over Lethal Injection In Final Hours
A man put to death in the US state of Tennessee on Thursday for murdering a woman and her daughter chose in his final hours to be electrocuted rather than executed by lethal injection, prison officials said.
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US Supreme Court With Brett Kavanaugh Clears Path For Execution
The U.S. Supreme Court with new Justice Brett Kavanaugh issued two decisions on Thursday that helped clear the way for Tennessee to execute an inmate convicted of murdering two men in 1983.
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US Convict Prefers Electric Chair Over Lethal Injection For His Execution
A Tennessee man sentenced to death for a double murder has appealed to stop his execution by lethal injection, insisting the state should be forced to use the electric chair as he has requested.
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US Child Rapist, Murderer Executed With Drug That Gives "Torturous Pain"
Tennessee executed Billy Ray Irick on Thursday night, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a final request to stay his execution. Convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of 7-year-old Paula Dyer, Irick, 59, is the first state inmate to be put to death since 2009. He was also the first to receive Tennessee's new and controversial three-drug cocktail.
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US State To Execute Child Rapist, Murderer. Its First In A Decade
Tennessee is set to hold its first execution in nearly a decade on Thursday when it plans to put to death by lethal injection a man convicted of the 1985 rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl he was babysitting.
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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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Absent Execution Drugs, US State Turns to Electric Chair
The governor of Tennessee has authorized use of the electric chair to execute death row inmates in the event drugs for lethal injections are unavailable.
