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Supreme Court sets execution date for Kevin Johnson
The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Nov. 29 execution date for a man convicted of killing a police officer, despite arguments from his lawyers that the court should wait until the prosecutor’s office that convicted him has reviewed the case.
Execution date set for Missouri man who shot police officer
The Missouri Supreme Court has set a November execution date for a man who shot and killed a suburban St. Louis police sergeant in 2005.
Man leaves South Carolina death row as firing squad trial starts
A trial is starting in South Carolina where lawyers for several death row prisoners are arguing the electric chair - as well as the newly established, but so far unused, firing squad - are cruel and unusual punishments.
Report: 5th straight year with under 30 executions in US
Fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States and under 50 new death sentences were imposed for the fifth straight year, part of a continuing decline in capital punishment that saw only a few states carry out executions, a new report said. But even as death row populations were dropping in most of […]
Report: 5th straight year with under 30 executions in US
Fewer than 30 people were executed in the United States and under 50 new death sentences were imposed for the fifth straight year, part of a continuing decline in capital punishment that saw only a few states carry out executions, a new report said. But even as death row populations were dropping in most of […]
Lawsuit calls for full public view of executions in Virginia
Prison officials are unconstitutionally limiting public access to executions in Virginia by blocking witnesses from seeing certain steps in the process, four news organizations allege in a federal lawsuit filed this week. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond alleges the department is violating the First Amendment by using curtains to block witnesses […]
Lawsuit calls for full public view of executions in Virginia
Prison officials are unconstitutionally limiting public access to executions in Virginia by blocking witnesses from seeing certain steps in the process, four news organizations allege in a federal lawsuit filed this week. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond alleges the department is violating the First Amendment by using curtains to block witnesses […]
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