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Dec 19

Oklahoma puts man to death by lethal injection in nation’s final execution of 2024

By Sean Murphy, Associated Press

An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl died by lethal injection Thursday in the nation’s 25th and final execution of the year.

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Dec 18

Indiana completes first execution in 15 years as man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death

By Sophia Tareen, Rick Callahan, Associated Press

Indiana has carried out its first execution in 15 years by putting to death a man convicted of killing four people decades ago, including his brother and his sister's fiancé.

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Nov 02

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News Wrap: Trump and Harris try to energize voters in final days of campaigning

In our news wrap Saturday, Trump and Harris spent the day in battleground states, Israel’s military says it captured a senior Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, Spain is sending 10,000 more responders to Valencia in the aftermath of deadly floods, a…

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Oct 19

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What’s behind a recent rise in executions in America after years of decline

By Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery

While the execution of a Texas man was temporarily put on hold this week, more than 2,000 people remain on death row across the country. The Texas case has highlighted a recent increase in executions and prompted questions about how…

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Oct 17

Judge grants unusual effort by state lawmakers to delay the execution of a Texas man

By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press

A last-ditch effort to stop Texas from executing an autistic man in a shaken baby case stretched into the final hours Thursday night as one judge granted an extraordinary maneuver by lawmakers to delay the lethal injection while the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the…

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Oct 09

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How an Oklahoma death penalty case reached the Supreme Court

By Amna Nawaz, Adam Kemp, Saher Khan

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a death row case from Oklahoma. Justices looked at whether the due process rights of death row inmate Richard Glossip were violated when the state suppressed information about its star witness who committed the…

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Oct 09

3 big takeaways from this Supreme Court death penalty case

By Adam Kemp

Supreme Court justices weighed Wednesday whether to grant a new trial to Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man whose death row case has now come twice before the high court.

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Sep 26

Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite parole board recommending his life be spared

By Sean Murphy, Associated Press

Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare his life.

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Sep 25

5 executions planned this week in the U.S., the most in decades

By Sean Murphy, Associated Press

Death row inmates in five separate states are set to be put to death in the span of one week.

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Sep 24

Supreme Court rejects final request to halt execution of Marcellus Williams

By David Lieb, Jim Salter, Associated Press

A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to proceed with its plan to execute him.

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