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Executions get go-ahead, but obstacles still remain
2008-07-05 16:56:39
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Click here to enlargeAfter more than a year of inactivity, the Death House at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility has been cleared to gear up for its grim activities once... The amusement of Joe Kerekes and Harlow Cuadra murdering Brian Kocis. In the end they both will pay for their sins.
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Convicted murderer loses Mo. Supreme Court appeal
2008-08-02 10:17:49
(AP) A convicted murderer lost an appeal Thursday with the Missouri Supreme Court over claims of ineffective counsel and not being allowed to question jurors. The Missouri Supreme Court , in a 4-3... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Mexican citizen facing execution in Texas asks US Supreme Court for a reprieve
2008-08-01 14:37:37
(AP) WASHINGTON - Four months after losing his case at the Supreme Court , a Mexican citizen facing execution next week in Texas asked the justices Friday for a last-minute reprieve . Jose Medellin,... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Supremely Screwed Up
2008-08-01 14:29:40
Washington (The Weekly Standard) Vol. 013, Issue 44 - 8/4/2008 - The Supreme Court ended its term this year by making a mistake in one of its most controversial cases--the case in which it held... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Ark. won't use 'cut-downs' in executions
2008-08-01 14:18:29
LITTLE ROCK - Executioners in Arkansas will not cut through muscle to find an inmate's veins during a difficult lethal injection procedure, a state prison official said. A federal court affidavit by... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Killer in Amarillo robbery executed
2008-07-31 19:13:04
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Texas executed condemned inmate Larry Donnell Davis on Thursday for orchestrating and taking part in the robbery and fatal stabbing and beating of a man in Amarillo 13 years... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Court halts scheduled execution of Tommy Arthur
2008-07-30 21:56:17
MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Supreme Court today in a 5-4 vote stayed Thursday’s scheduled execution of Thomas Douglas Arthur after an alleged confession by another inmate surfaced this week. The court... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Inside an Execution Chamber: A Virtual Tour of California's Future Death Row.
2008-07-30 19:15:28
(Cal. Dept. of Corrections)The state is in the midst of rebuilding its San Quentin prison execution chamber, which was built the year Amelia Earhart disappeared, in the midst of a growing national... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Army: Gray execution months away
2008-07-30 14:22:43
FayObserver The execution of Ronald Adrin Gray will not take place for at least two months, probably much longer, Army officials said Tuesday. President Bush on Monday approved the execution of... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


DEATH ROW COST OVERRUN: $40 MILLION
2008-07-30 12:20:43
Matthew Yi, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau The cost of new housing for San Quentin State Prison's growing number of Death Row inmates will exceed estimates by nearly $40 million, and the compound could... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Is Thomas Arthur The Real Killer?
2008-07-29 20:08:54
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Attorneys attempting to delay Thomas Arthur 's execution have sent Gov. Bob Riley and court officials an affidavit signed by another inmate who says he killed Troy Wicker Jr. But... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Firing squads inhumane, Bali bombers' lawyer says
2008-07-29 15:26:28
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Lawyers for three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings said on Tuesday they will seek a judicial review of Indonesia's method of executing convicts by firing... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


6 inmates now on military death row at Leavenworth
2008-07-29 15:20:48
The Associated Press TOPEKA | Six inmates are under sentence of death at the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. On Monday, President Bush signed the execution order for Ronald A. Gray,... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Alabama Execution
2008-07-29 14:37:16
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court has refused to block Thomas Arthur's execution for a 1982 murder. The court voted 6-2 Tuesday in denying his bid for a stay. He is scheduled to die... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Bush OKs execution of Army death row prisoner
2008-07-28 20:08:41
WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday approved the execution of an Army private, the first time in over a half-century that a president has affirmed a death sentence for a member of the U.S.... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Md. begins death penalty review
2008-07-28 14:37:29
(AP) ANNAPOLIS - The death penalty in Maryland is under review . A panel of supporters and opponents of the death penalty start work Monday on a study of whether to abolish capital punishment in... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Texas governor asked to halt execution
2008-07-28 14:29:06
DALLAS, July 28 (UPI) -- Defense attorneys say efforts are continuing to delay next week's scheduled execution in Texas of Mexican national Jose Medellin. Medellin's lawyers along with the U.S.... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Gunman opens fire in Tennessee church, 1 killed
2008-07-27 22:24:34
Update:This picture provided by the Knoxville Police Department shows church shooting suspect Jim D. Adkisson of Powell, Tenn., on Sunday, July 27, 2008. Adkisson is charged with first-degree murder... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Iran hangs 29 drug dealers, 'murderer thugs' in mass execution
2008-07-27 18:49:25
By Agence France Presse (AFP) TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday hanged 29 men convicted of offenses including drug trafficking, murder and rape in the largest mass execution in years, as the country says it is... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


State seeks execution of killer
2008-07-27 10:22:01
The Associated Press PHOENIX — State prosecutors say time's up for Jeffrey Landrigan, a convicted murderer who is on death row in Florence for a killing almost two decades ago. Landrigan was... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Death penalty for Fairfield man
2008-07-27 10:14:33
By CAITLIN HEANEY Evening Sun Reporter Adams County's decision whether to seek the death penalty for a Fairfield man accused of stabbing a former co-worker more than 100 times and setting his body... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Brutal attack gets bloggers going on death penalty
2008-07-27 01:35:49
Daily Dispatch The story, about a 23-year old girl who faked her death to escape three men who violently raped her, hacked her with knives and dumped her bloodied body into a river , hit a nerve... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Iran plans mass execution
2008-07-26 20:55:55
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran is planning a mass execution of 30 people convicted of murder and drug trafficking, in the biggest such event in recent years, a local newspaper reported on Saturday. "Thirty... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Missouri Schedules Skillicorn Execution
2008-07-26 15:20:17
(AP) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court said Friday it plans to set a date for the state's first execution since 2005. The court announced it would issue a warrant to execute Dennis... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.
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Death penalty upheld in deputy's '91 homicide
2008-07-26 13:19:31
Redding News. The state Supreme Court this week upheld the 1994 death penalty conviction of a migrant worker who fatally shot a sheriff's deputy in the back of the head while en route to the Shasta... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


Death warrant signed in Cook Forest murder
2008-07-25 23:15:04
By Derrick News Herald One by one the jurors stood on a summer afternoon in a Brookville courtroom, imposing the death penalty for the murder of a night watchman at a Cook Forest inn. The shocking... Pro-Death Penalty, Keeping the public informed on death penalty,lethal injection, and execution news.


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