Filing: Emails raise questions of execution drugs access

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two Tennessee inmates executed by electrocution and a third who has chosen to die in the electric chair next month were not informed about a problem with a lethal injection drug, even as they chose the chair and waived their rights to challenge execution methods, an attorney for death row inmates... Read More

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Execution

October 29, 2019

Conservatives in some states push against death penalty

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Conservatives in states including Wyoming, Utah and Ohio vowed Monday to keep pushing for the repeal of state-level death penalty sentences, even as U.S. officials move toward resuming federal executions. The national group Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty released a statement with over 250 signatures saying the death penalty is... Read More

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Death Penalty, Execution

October 9, 2019

Lawyers want Nevada to ban executions of mentally ill

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The American Bar Association wants the Nevada Supreme Court to rule that people suffering from severe mental illness should be ineligible for the death penalty. The national group of lawyers and legal scholars made the argument in joining an appeal challenging the death sentence of a man it says was mentally... Read More

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Execution, Nevada

September 11, 2018

Nevada high court says execution doctor’s name stays secret

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The name of the physician picked to attend a state inmate’s execution can remain secret, even from drug makers suing to ban the use of their products in the twice-postponed lethal injection, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a twist, lawyers for three pharmaceutical companies who won the right to... Read More

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Execution, Scott Dozier

August 14, 2018

Nebraska set for execution after about-face on death penalty

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Three years after Nebraska lawmakers voted to abolish capital punishment, the state is preparing to carry out its first execution since 1997 on Tuesday in a bewildering about-face driven largely by the state’s Republican governor. Gov. Pete Ricketts, a wealthy former businessman, helped finance a ballot drive to reinstate capital punishment... Read More

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Carey Dean Moore, Execution

July 24, 2018

UK silent on US death penalty concerns for alleged jihadis

LONDON (AP) — A furor has erupted over leaked documents showing that British officials are not requiring their U.S. counterparts to provide assurances that two alleged British jihadis linked to the Islamic State group will not be executed if they are eventually put on trial in the United States. The Daily Telegraph said Monday it... Read More

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Execution, Jihadis

July 4, 2018

Nevada switches drug to be used in 1st execution since 2006

LAS VEGAS (AP) — One sedative will be substituted for another, and prison officials said Tuesday they plan to use two other drugs never before used in executions in any state for Nevada’s first lethal injection in 12 years. The drugs include a powerful synthetic opioid that has been blamed for overdoses nationwide. A revised... Read More

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Execution, Scott Raymond Dozier

June 21, 2018

The Latest: Rights group: Execution drugs, method need look

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on plans for Nevada’s first execution in 12 years (all times local): 2:30 p.m. An advocate says Nevada’s governor or prisons chief should stop the planned execution next month of a death-row inmate until questions about the process and a never-before-used, three-drug cocktail are answered. American Civil Liberties Union... Read More

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Execution

April 12, 2018

News media sue over California’s new execution rules

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Times and other news media organizations sued over California’s new execution rules Wednesday, saying they would bar journalists from fully reporting on the lethal injection procedure. The lawsuit is the latest challenge as the state seeks to resume executions for the first time since 2006. The execution chamber... Read More

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California, Execution

March 28, 2018

The Latest: Attorney won’t contest lethal injection ruling

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the effort to resume executions in California (all times local): 5:15 p.m. An attorney for a condemned inmate in California says he does not plan to contest a judge’s tentative ruling lifting an order that had blocked the state from carrying out executions by lethal injunction. Steve Mayer... Read More

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Execution, Lethal Injection

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

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 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

Filing: Emails raise questions of execution drugs access

Conservatives in some states push against death penalty

Lawyers want Nevada to ban executions of mentally ill

Nevada high court says execution doctor’s name stays secret

Nebraska set for execution after about-face on death penalty

UK silent on US death penalty concerns for alleged jihadis

Nevada switches drug to be used in 1st execution since 2006

The Latest: Rights group: Execution drugs, method need look

News media sue over California’s new execution rules

The Latest: Attorney won’t contest lethal injection ruling

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

Ohio killer who survived execution files new court appeal

Nevada seeks to use untried execution drugs including opioid

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

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