Ohio governor delays 3 more executions while drugs reviewed

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday delayed three additional executions to give the Ohio prison system time to develop a new lethal injection method, responding to a federal judge’s scathing critique of the first drug used in the current process. Federal Magistrate Judge Michael Merz said in January that inmates could suffer... Read More

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March 1, 2019

Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Chaos erupted outside Texas’ death chamber Thursday night when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words. Billie Wayne Coble, a Vietnam War veteran who killed his estranged wife’s parents and brother and threated to do... Read More

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Billie Wayne Coble

February 8, 2019

Alabama executes Muslim inmate who wanted imam present

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A Muslim inmate who filed a legal challenge because Alabama wouldn’t let his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber was put to death Thursday after the nation’s highest court cleared the way. Dominique Ray, 42, was pronounced dead at 10:12 p.m. of a lethal injection at the state... Read More

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Dominique Ray

February 7, 2019

Appeals court blocks Alabama execution of Muslim inmate

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the planned execution of an Alabama inmate to consider whether the state was violating the Muslim inmate’s rights by not allowing an imam to replace a Christian prison chaplain in the death chamber. The 11th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay for... Read More

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Dominique Ray

January 31, 2019

Texas inmate executed for Houston officer’s death

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 61-year-old Texas inmate was executed Wednesday evening for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago. Robert Jennings received lethal injection for the July 1988 fatal shooting of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery at an adult bookstore that authorities said was part of a crime spree. As... Read More

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Robert Jennings

January 30, 2019

Condemned inmate says state violating his religious rights

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed next week in Alabama said the state is violating his rights by requiring a Christian prison chaplain to stand near him as he is put to death, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Dominique Ray is scheduled to be executed Feb. 7 for... Read More

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Dominique Ray

January 30, 2019

Texas inmate set to be executed for Houston officer’s death

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A 61-year-old Texas inmate was set to be executed Wednesday for killing a Houston police officer more than three decades ago during a robbery. Robert Jennings was condemned for the July 1988 slaying of Officer Elston Howard during a robbery at an adult bookstore. Jennings would be the first inmate put... Read More

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Robert Jennings

January 15, 2019

China criticizes Trudeau comments on death penalty case

BEIJING (AP) — China expressed its “strong dissatisfaction” with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday over his criticism of a death sentence given to a Canadian accused of drug smuggling at a retrial that followed a chilling of relations over the arrest of a senior Chinese technology executive. Trudeau should “respect the rule of... Read More

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Robert Lloyd Schellenberg

January 14, 2019

China sentences Canadian man to death in drug smuggling case

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian man to death in a drug smuggling case. A court in Dalian in northeastern Liaoning province announced Monday evening that it has given Robert Lloyd Schellenberg the death penalty. The sentence comes after China detained two Canadians in December in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest... Read More

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Robert Lloyd Schellenberg

January 7, 2019

Nevada inmate whose execution called off found dead in cell

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection was found dead in his death-row prison cell from an apparent hanging, officials said Saturday. Scott Raymond Dozier, 48, was found unresponsive in his solo death-row cell at the state’s maximum-security prison in Ely, Department of Corrections... Read More

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Scott Raymond Dozier

January 4, 2019

Federal sentencing overhaul leads to Tennessee man’s release

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man will be one of the first prisoners to be released under a sweeping criminal justice reform law recently signed by President Donald Trump thanks to a federal judge’s ruling on Thursday. Matthew Charles received national attention in 2018 after being re-sentenced and ordered back to prison two years... Read More

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Matthew Charles

December 14, 2018

Death row inmate seeks execution; judge to decide competency

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge will decide whether a death row inmate who says he wants to be executed is mentally competent to waive all his appeals. The state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the examination in the case of David Cox. Cox wrote to Mississippi Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. in August... Read More

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David Cox

December 14, 2018

Florida man executed for fatally stabbing woman in 1992

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of the fatal stabbing and beating death of a woman in Miami-Dade County 26 years ago was executed Thursday night in Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, received a lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 9:48 p.m. at Florida State Prison in Starke. He was sentenced to death... Read More

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Jose Antonio Jimenez

November 15, 2018

Mexican citizen executed in Texas for killings of wife, kids

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Mexican citizen on death row in Texas was executed Wednesday night for the sledgehammer killings of his wife and two children more than 26 years ago. Roberto Moreno Ramos was condemned for the 1992 deaths of his 42-year-old wife Leticia, 7-year-old daughter Abigail, and 3-year-old son Jonathan at their home... Read More

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Roberto Moreno Ramos

Ohio governor delays 3 more executions while drugs reviewed

Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution

Alabama executes Muslim inmate who wanted imam present

Appeals court blocks Alabama execution of Muslim inmate

Texas inmate executed for Houston officer’s death

Condemned inmate says state violating his religious rights

Texas inmate set to be executed for Houston officer’s death

China criticizes Trudeau comments on death penalty case

China sentences Canadian man to death in drug smuggling case

Nevada inmate whose execution called off found dead in cell

Federal sentencing overhaul leads to Tennessee man’s release

Death row inmate seeks execution; judge to decide competency

Florida man executed for fatally stabbing woman in 1992

Mexican citizen executed in Texas for killings of wife, kids

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