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SC killer who strangled mom in front of daughter, dies by lethal injection
Stephen Stanko was sentenced to a rare double death penalties for two murders committed near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina ...
Judge won't halt execution in South Carolina over lethal injection concerns
A federal judge Wednesday told lawyers for a South Carolina inmate scheduled to die in two days that he doesn't plan to stop ...
Judge to decide next week if state can move forward with execution of 79-year-old inmate
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A federal judge will likely decide early next week whether the state can move forward with the ...
Lethal injection autopsies show extensive damage from corrosive drugs. State expert said it's normal.
As SC prepares to execute a man by lethal injection, a review of 43 autopsies shows prisoners' lungs full of fluid. A state ...
Federal judge to decide by Monday if Mississippi execution proceeds as scheduled
Mississippi Department of Corrections protocol requires execution staff to ensure that inmates are completely unconscious ...
Oklahoma judge stays execution of a man set to receive lethal injection this week
An Oklahoma judge granted a temporary stay of execution Monday to a man whose transfer to death row was expedited by the ...
Stay of death row inmate’s June execution to wait on judge’s response
U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate said he will decide Monday whether to delay Richard Jordan’s execution. The 79- year-old ...
Mississippi prisoner Richard Jordan appears in court Saturday in lethal-injection drug case
Richard Jordan, who is scheduled to be executed in Mississippi on June 25 argues against lethal-injection drug combination in federal court.