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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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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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US Courts Block Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
A federal judge in Indiana blocked Tuesday's scheduled execution of convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row in the United States, to allow a hearing on whether she is too mentally ill to be put to death.
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US To Execute Only Native American On Federal Death Row For Murder
The United States is set to execute Lezmond Mitchell, a convicted murderer and the only Native American on federal death row, on Wednesday, despite opposition from the Navajo Nation, which says the government is infringing tribal sovereignty.
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US Electrocutes Convicted Man On Death Row For 36 Years
Tennessee on Thursday electrocuted a convicted murder who had been on death row for 36 years, in a case that renewed debate on use of the death penalty so long after a crime.
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Alabama Executes 75-Year-Old Inmate Convicted Of 1982 Murder
Alabama executed on Friday a 75-year-old inmate who had spent more than three decades on death row and faced seven previous execution dates after he was convicted of killing his girlfriend's husband in 1982.
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A US State Speeds Up Executions, Scheduling 8 In 10 Days
The US state of Arkansas is racing to execute eight death row inmates in 10 days next month to beat the expiration date on a hard-to-get drug used in lethal injections.
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African-American Death Row Inmate Suffered Race Bias: Top US Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of an African American death row inmate who argued there was bias in the choosing of an all-white jury that convicted him of the 1986 murder of an elderly white woman.
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Killed By Injection For A Murder Over Car Keys
The US state of Georgia on Thursday executed a man convicted of beating another man to death with a wooden closet rod in 1994, a prison spokeswoman said.
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Florida Executes Man Who Killed 4 in 1985
The US state of Florida executed a convicted murderer Thursday who had been on death row 30 years for killing four people, including his five-year-old daughter, in 1985.
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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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US Man Walks Free After 30 Years on Death Row
An Alabama man who spent 30 years on death row for crimes he didn't commit walked free from court on Friday after his conviction for a 1985 double murder was overturned because of insufficient evidence.
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Before Execution, Woman Asks for Cheeseburgers, Fries
A death row US woman, convicted for killing her husband, has submitted a lengthy list for her last feast before execution - from cheeseburgers to cherry vanilla ice cream - she wants it all.
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Before Execution Next Week, She Wants Cheeseburgers, Fries
A meal to die for! A death row US woman, convicted for killing her husband, has submitted a lengthy list for her last feast before execution - from cheeseburgers to cherry vanilla ice cream - she wants it all.
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Texas Executes Tenth Death Row Inmate This Year
A man convicted of three murders was put to death in Texas on Tuesday, in the state's tenth execution this year, after the US Supreme Court rejected a final appeal, authorities said.
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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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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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US Courts Block Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
A federal judge in Indiana blocked Tuesday's scheduled execution of convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row in the United States, to allow a hearing on whether she is too mentally ill to be put to death.
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US To Execute Only Native American On Federal Death Row For Murder
The United States is set to execute Lezmond Mitchell, a convicted murderer and the only Native American on federal death row, on Wednesday, despite opposition from the Navajo Nation, which says the government is infringing tribal sovereignty.
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US Electrocutes Convicted Man On Death Row For 36 Years
Tennessee on Thursday electrocuted a convicted murder who had been on death row for 36 years, in a case that renewed debate on use of the death penalty so long after a crime.
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Alabama Executes 75-Year-Old Inmate Convicted Of 1982 Murder
Alabama executed on Friday a 75-year-old inmate who had spent more than three decades on death row and faced seven previous execution dates after he was convicted of killing his girlfriend's husband in 1982.
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A US State Speeds Up Executions, Scheduling 8 In 10 Days
The US state of Arkansas is racing to execute eight death row inmates in 10 days next month to beat the expiration date on a hard-to-get drug used in lethal injections.
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African-American Death Row Inmate Suffered Race Bias: Top US Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of an African American death row inmate who argued there was bias in the choosing of an all-white jury that convicted him of the 1986 murder of an elderly white woman.
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Killed By Injection For A Murder Over Car Keys
The US state of Georgia on Thursday executed a man convicted of beating another man to death with a wooden closet rod in 1994, a prison spokeswoman said.
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Florida Executes Man Who Killed 4 in 1985
The US state of Florida executed a convicted murderer Thursday who had been on death row 30 years for killing four people, including his five-year-old daughter, in 1985.
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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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US Man Walks Free After 30 Years on Death Row
An Alabama man who spent 30 years on death row for crimes he didn't commit walked free from court on Friday after his conviction for a 1985 double murder was overturned because of insufficient evidence.
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Before Execution, Woman Asks for Cheeseburgers, Fries
A death row US woman, convicted for killing her husband, has submitted a lengthy list for her last feast before execution - from cheeseburgers to cherry vanilla ice cream - she wants it all.
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Before Execution Next Week, She Wants Cheeseburgers, Fries
A meal to die for! A death row US woman, convicted for killing her husband, has submitted a lengthy list for her last feast before execution - from cheeseburgers to cherry vanilla ice cream - she wants it all.
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Texas Executes Tenth Death Row Inmate This Year
A man convicted of three murders was put to death in Texas on Tuesday, in the state's tenth execution this year, after the US Supreme Court rejected a final appeal, authorities said.
