Saudi Arabia Crucifies Myanmar Man Convicted of Murder
Saudi Arabia says it executed and crucified a man from Myanmar convicted of killing a woman and carrying out other crimes.
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Japan Hangs 6 More Members of Cult Behind Subway Gas Attack
The last six members of a Japanese doomsday cult who remained on death row were executed Thursday for a series of crimes in the 1990s including a sarin gas attack on Tokyo subways that killed 13 people.
Read moreClaiming Racism, Texas Inmate Asks Judge to Halt Execution
A black death-row inmate set to die Tuesday night claims that racism led the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to vote against sparing his life, and now a federal judge is considering whether to postpone the execution.
Read moreTexan’s Death Penalty Reinstated After High Court Halt
A divided Texas appeals court reaffirmed Wednesday its denial of an inmate’s petition to get off death row, finding he is not too intellectually disabled to be executed as suggested by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The Texas Supreme Court declined Friday to hear the state’s appeal of a ruling requiring prison officials to disclose the source of execution drugs.
Read moreMedia Sue California Over Access to Executions
The state of California wants to use unconstitutional rules to hide the most gruesome aspects of inmate executions from the public, three news outlets claim in a new lawsuit.
Read moreHustler’s Larry Flynt Loses Appeal for Missouri Execution Records
Hustler publisher and free speech advocate Larry Flynt lost his appeal to unseal court records on Missouri’s use of lethal injection drugs when the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday that the government’s interest in carrying out executions outweighs his First Amendment rights.
Read moreJudge Orders Hearing on Aborted Alabama Execution
A federal judge has scheduled a Monday hearing to discuss what happened during an aborted lethal injection in Alabama where lawyers said the inmate endured two-and-a-half hours of medical staff trying to access his veins before the state halted the execution.
Read moreTexas Governor Calls Off Execution at Last Moment
An hour before the scheduled execution Thursday night, Texas Governor Greg Abbott commuted the sentence of a man convicted of killing his mother and brother — at the request of the man’s father, who also was shot but survived.
Read moreTexas Executes Third Man This Year
Texas executed a former Dallas accountant Thursday night who shot his two young daughters to death in 1991 as their mother listened to them scream on the phone.
Read moreOhio Death-Row Inmates Lose Bid to Halt Executions
The Sixth Circuit on Thursday rejected two death-row inmates’ efforts to block their executions, finding they did not prove Ohio’s lethal injection drugs cause serious pain and suffering.
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Arkansas Court Spares Death-Row Inmate Said to Be Delusional
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the execution of an inmate whose lawyers argued is delusional, two days before the convicted murderer was set to die by lethal injection.
Read moreZimbabwe’s Mugabe Says He Favors Resumption of Executions
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said Wednesday he is in favor of resuming executions after more than a decade in response to rising murder rates.
Read moreArkansas Governor Urged to Spare Killer’s Life
A nationwide group of lawyers joined 28 mental health professionals in urging the governor of Arkansas to stop the Nov. 9 execution of convicted killer Jack Greene, saying he suffers from mental illness and delusions.
Read moreMissouri Governor Halts Execution After New DNA Test
Hours before the Show-Me State was set to execute a man Tuesday for a 1998 murder his attorneys claim he did not commit in light of new DNA evidence, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens stayed the execution with an executive order.
Read moreDivided Sixth Circuit Lifts Ban Against Executions in Ohio
The en banc Sixth Circuit ruled 8-6 Wednesday to overturn an injunction against Ohio’s lethal-injection protocol, clearing the way for the state to move forward with scheduled executions.
Read moreFull Sixth Circuit to Decide Fate of Ohio’s Execution Protocol
The en banc Sixth Circuit heard arguments Wednesday over Ohio’s three-drug lethal injection procedure, as over two dozen death-row inmates await word on the status of their executions.
Read moreAlabama Executes ‘Houdini of Death Row’ After High Court Denial
Alabama executed a convicted murderer on Thursday after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas first stayed the execution before the full court lifted the stay, in an appeal challenging the state’s three-drug lethal-injection protocol.
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