Texas parole board recommends killer be spared from death

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas parole board on Tuesday made a rare recommendation to commute a death sentence, unanimously endorsing a “lesser penalty” for a man set to be executed this week for masterminding the killings of his mother and brother. Thomas “Bart” Whitaker is scheduled for lethal injection Thursday for the shootings of... Read More

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Thomas Whitaker

February 7, 2018

Judge stays Alabama execution of ill inmate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has stayed the lethal injection of an Alabama inmate in order to have an independent medical expert review his claims that he is too sick to be executed. Chief U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre made the ruling Tuesday. A lawyer for Doyle Lee Hamm has argued that lethal... Read More

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Doyle Lee Hamm

February 5, 2018

Ohio juror voted for death 20 years ago, now seeks mercy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ross Geiger had doubts about recommending a death sentence 20 years ago for a convicted Ohio killer, concerned about the impact of the offender’s tough childhood on his behavior. But ultimately, Geiger voted in favor of death for Raymond Tibbetts for killing a Cincinnati man he was staying with. Today, Geiger... Read More

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Raymond Tibbetts

February 2, 2018

Dallas man executed for killing daughters while mom listened

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A former Dallas accountant condemned for fatally shooting his two young daughters while their mother listened helplessly on the phone was put to death Thursday night in Texas. John David Battaglia was executed for the May 2001 killings of his 9-year-old daughter, Faith, and her 6-year-old sister, Liberty. Battaglia and his... Read More

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John David Battaglia

February 1, 2018

Dallas man set to die for killing daughters, 9 and 6

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a former Dallas accountant condemned for fatally shooting his two young daughters while their mother listened helplessly on the phone hoped a federal court would keep him from the Texas death chamber. John David Battaglia was set for execution Thursday evening for the May 2001 slayings of his 9-year-old... Read More

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John David Battaglia

January 31, 2018

The Latest: Texas executes man for ex-girlfriend’s killing

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the scheduled execution of Texas inmate William Rayford (all times local): 8:58 p.m. A 64-year-old Dallas man on death row for the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend while he was out on parole for killing his estranged wife has been executed in Texas. William Rayford became the nation’s... Read More

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Execution, William Rayford

January 30, 2018

Texas inmate asking federal courts to keep him alive

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas death row inmate is asking the federal courts to keep him from being executed for the 1999 slaying of his ex-girlfriend while he already was on parole for killing his estranged wife. William Rayford, 64, would be the nation’s second inmate executed this year, both in Texas. Rayford is... Read More

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William Rayford

January 27, 2018

Son: Stay of execution difficult for slain officer’s family

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The son of a slain Alabama police officer said Friday that his father should not be forgotten as the U.S. Supreme Court and media focus on legal wrangling over whether his father’s killer is competent to be executed. Justices on Thursday halted the lethal injection of Alabama inmate Vernon Madison, 67,... Read More

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Vernon Madison

January 26, 2018

Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of an Alabama inmate whose attorneys argue that dementia has left the 67-year-old unable to remember killing a police officer three decades ago. Justices issued a stay Thursday night, the same evening that Vernon Madison was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at... Read More

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Vernon Madison

January 23, 2018

Court to hear appeal from man on death row in police slaying

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court is set to hear the case of a Virginia man who was sentenced to death for killing a police officer in 2005. Thomas Porter was convicted of capital murder for shooting Norfolk police Officer Stanley Reaves three times in the head. Porter testified he shot Reaves in... Read More

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Death Row, Thomas Porter

November 22, 2017

Ohio killer who survived execution files new court appeal

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned killer whose poor veins led Ohio to halt his execution has appealed a judge’s decision upholding the state’s lethal injection system. Death row inmate Alva Campbell argues that Ohio’s process raises an unconstitutional risk of serious harm because the first of three drugs may not render inmates completely unconscious.... Read More

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Execution

November 21, 2017

South Carolina doesn’t have drugs for December execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials said Monday that they can’t carry out South Carolina’s first death penalty in more than six years because the state can’t get the drugs needed for lethal injection, but remaining appeals make it unlikely the execution could have moved forward as scheduled anyway. The Department of Corrections last week received... Read More

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November 17, 2017

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

LAS VEGAS (AP) — For Nevada’s first execution in more than a decade, state officials are turning to a never-before-tried combination of drugs, including a powerful painkiller that is fueling much of the opioid epidemic and a paralyzing drug that could mask any signs of trouble. If the state’s highest court approves the plan and... Read More

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Drugs, Execution

November 16, 2017

Ohio calls off execution after failing to find inmate’s vein

LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio called off the execution of an ailing 69-year-old killer Wednesday after the executioners couldn’t find a vein to insert the IV that delivers the lethal drugs. It was only the third time in modern U.S. history that an execution attempt was halted after the process had begun. Alva Campbell, condemned... Read More

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Execution, Pardon

Texas parole board recommends killer be spared from death

Judge stays Alabama execution of ill inmate

Ohio juror voted for death 20 years ago, now seeks mercy

Dallas man executed for killing daughters while mom listened

Dallas man set to die for killing daughters, 9 and 6

The Latest: Texas executes man for ex-girlfriend’s killing

Texas inmate asking federal courts to keep him alive

Son: Stay of execution difficult for slain officer’s family

Court halts execution of Alabama inmate with dementia

Court to hear appeal from man on death row in police slaying

Ohio killer who survived execution files new court appeal

South Carolina doesn’t have drugs for December execution

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

Ohio calls off execution after failing to find inmate’s vein

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