Judge says lethal injection doesn’t violate rights of man on death row, avoids firing squad question
The man's lawyers argued that his veins are tough to find by sight and that those that can be seen are compromised.
Proposed legislation would add nitrogen gas to execution methods in Arkansas
A newly proposed bill in Arkansas would add nitrogen gas as a method to execute death row inmates in the state.
Judge rules against GA inmate who asked for firing squad instead of lethal injection
He argued that because of his medical history an injection could cause him severe pain in violation of his constitutional rights.
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Alabama puts man to death in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas
Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life ...
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U.N. warns escalation in Congo war with M23 rebels bringing "summary executions" and gang rapes
"We have also documented summary executions of at least 12 people by M23 between 26 and 28 January," he told reporters in Geneva. In areas under M23 control in South Kivu, such as Minova ...
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B.C. ostrich farm gets stay of execution for birds ordered killed due to avian flu fears
A flock of B.C. ostriches ordered killed after avian flu was detected on their farm have been granted a stay of execution by a Federal Court judge. In a ruling shared Friday afternoon, Justice ...
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Death row killer who shot friend found dead in car boot to be executed - but maintains he’s innocent
He was sentenced to death the same day. After two decades on death row, Bowman will on Friday become South Carolina’s 46th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. He will be ...
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U.N. warns of executions and gang rapes as war in Congo escalates
DRC threatens Apple with legal action over alleged "blood minerals" in gadgets "We have also documented summary executions of at least 12 people by M23 between 26 and 28 January," he told ...
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Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed in South Carolina today. What to know.
Bowman has always maintained his innocence, saying: 'I just don’t want to be executed or imprisoned for life for a crime that I didn’t commit.' A South Carolina man who is set to become the ...
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Timely execution, efficiency guides L&T to grow Q3 PAT by 14% to ₹3,359 crore
Construction and engineering major Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (L&T) net profit for the third quarter ended December 31 rose 14% year-on-year to ₹3,359 crore owing to timely execution and operational ...
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How Guy Fawkes, Figurehead of the Gunpowder Plot, Avoided the Full Horrors of Execution by Hanging, Drawing and Quartering
Public domain via Wikimedia Commons As Guy Fawkes walked to the gallows on January 31, 1606, doomed to execution for his part in an unsuccessful attempt to blow up London’s Houses of Parliament ...
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'I did not do it': South Carolina man set for execution argues innocence, racial bias
Marion Bowman Jr., a death row inmate in South Carolina, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Friday for the 2001 murder of 21-year-old Kandee Martin. Bowman's attorneys are raising ...