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Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
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USAID Official Warns Of "Preventable Deaths" From Donald Trump's Foreign Aid Block
Nicholas Enrich, USAID's acting assistant administrator for global health, in the seven-page memo shared with staff, said "political leadership" had made it impossible to deliver lifesaving humanitarian assistance around the world.
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Kim Kardashian Sued After Mistakenly Identifying US Man As Death Row Inmate In Instagram Post
Kardashian, a 44-year-old aspiring lawyer, posted about the death penalty sentence of convicted murderer Ivan Cantu.
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Kim Kardashian Sued For Defamation After Death Row Mix-Up
The complainant, Ivan A Cantu, filed the lawsuit in LA, claiming that Kim Kardashian's post had caused him severe emotional distress.
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Inside Trump Family's Middle East Property Deals Amid Gaza "Takeover" Row
US President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to seize control of the Gaza Strip, displace its estimated two million Palestinian residents, and transform the devastated enclave into a luxury destination.
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Donald Trump Vows Death Penalty For 'Rapists, Murderers, Monsters'
Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the White House.
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Joe Biden Commutes Death Sentences Of 37 Federal Inmates Ahead Of Christmas
US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term.
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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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Author John Grisham Joins Bid To Save Man On Death Row For Daughter's Death
Lawmakers in Texas, medical experts and the best-selling novelist John Grisham are pushing to save an autistic death row inmate whose daughter died in 2002 in a tragedy blamed on shaken baby syndrome.
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American Serial Killer's Execution Stalled As 8 Lethal Injections Fail
Creech, a serial killer, was scheduled for execution following an exceptionally lengthy 43-year tenure on death row, marking one of the lengthiest periods in the history of US death row cases.
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US Man, On Death Row For Killing His Family, Dug Out Own Eyes, Swallowed One
Attorneys for a death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes after murdering his wife, son and stepdaughter in Texas asked authorities on Wednesday for clemency because he is mentally ill.
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US Supreme Court To Debate Restriction On Religious Advisors At Executions
The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday a death row prisoner's request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisors in death chambers.
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US Executes First Woman On Federal Death Row In 7 Decades
An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades.
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US Top Court Clears Way For Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.
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Louisiana Issues 1st Nitrogen Gas Execution For Death Row Killer Jessie Hoffman
Convicted rapist and murderer Jessie Hoffman became the first death row inmate in Louisiana, and only the fifth in the United States, to be executed using nitrogen gas on Tuesday.
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USAID Official Warns Of "Preventable Deaths" From Donald Trump's Foreign Aid Block
Nicholas Enrich, USAID's acting assistant administrator for global health, in the seven-page memo shared with staff, said "political leadership" had made it impossible to deliver lifesaving humanitarian assistance around the world.
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Kim Kardashian Sued After Mistakenly Identifying US Man As Death Row Inmate In Instagram Post
Kardashian, a 44-year-old aspiring lawyer, posted about the death penalty sentence of convicted murderer Ivan Cantu.
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Kim Kardashian Sued For Defamation After Death Row Mix-Up
The complainant, Ivan A Cantu, filed the lawsuit in LA, claiming that Kim Kardashian's post had caused him severe emotional distress.
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Inside Trump Family's Middle East Property Deals Amid Gaza "Takeover" Row
US President Donald Trump has unveiled a plan to seize control of the Gaza Strip, displace its estimated two million Palestinian residents, and transform the devastated enclave into a luxury destination.
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Donald Trump Vows Death Penalty For 'Rapists, Murderers, Monsters'
Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the White House.
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Joe Biden Commutes Death Sentences Of 37 Federal Inmates Ahead Of Christmas
US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term.
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Texas Man With Autism Faces Death Penalty Due To Alleged Child Murder
The Texas pardons board rejected a clemency appeal on Wednesday from an autistic man on death row whose murder conviction was based on what his lawyers say was a misdiagnosis of "shaken baby syndrome."
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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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Author John Grisham Joins Bid To Save Man On Death Row For Daughter's Death
Lawmakers in Texas, medical experts and the best-selling novelist John Grisham are pushing to save an autistic death row inmate whose daughter died in 2002 in a tragedy blamed on shaken baby syndrome.
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American Serial Killer's Execution Stalled As 8 Lethal Injections Fail
Creech, a serial killer, was scheduled for execution following an exceptionally lengthy 43-year tenure on death row, marking one of the lengthiest periods in the history of US death row cases.
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US Man, On Death Row For Killing His Family, Dug Out Own Eyes, Swallowed One
Attorneys for a death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes after murdering his wife, son and stepdaughter in Texas asked authorities on Wednesday for clemency because he is mentally ill.
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US Supreme Court To Debate Restriction On Religious Advisors At Executions
The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday a death row prisoner's request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisors in death chambers.
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US Executes First Woman On Federal Death Row In 7 Decades
An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades.
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US Top Court Clears Way For Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.
