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A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.
Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The numbers indicate the need for a more deliberate and transparent process to decide capital charges,
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Closing arguments are underway in the capital murder trial of Oscar Rosales for a jury to decide the 55-year-old Salvadoran's fate.
A man with two death sentences chose lethal injection after attorneys referenced a problematic firing squad case. Lawyers argued for more transparency about the lethal drugs used in executions at Broad River Correctional Institution.
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Gregory Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records.
Corinna Lane, a former prosecutor, discusses the flaws in the US death penalty system, the pharmaceutical crisis that halted lethal injection, and the humanity of those on death row in her book Secrets of the Killing State.
Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing the mentally ill, though Texas still tried to put him to death.
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Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 killing of his former boss.
Revolutionary Guard issues statement warning that any 'exchange of information', including news reports, seen as benefiting Israel will be punished with the maximum penalty - a death sentence. View on
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