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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state improperly adopted the same three-drug lethal injection protocol that was upheld in the nation's highest court and i...
For county prosecutors, death penalty cases can mean more time, more effort and more cost to the county that any other cases they may try. "It's the most extreme kind of criminal case you can have," said Michael Spahr, who served as Washington County prosecutor for 24 years and tried one capital murder case during that time.
As an execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor, federal court papers show.
COLUMBUS, Ohio #8212; As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor #8212; a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules #8212; federal court papers show.
The man considered the father of lethal injection in the U.S. says it doesn't matter if three fatal drugs are used or one, as his home state of Ohio has...
As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff members sought help from a doctor -- a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules -- federal court papers show.
ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor - a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules - federal court papers show. Dr. Carmelita Bautista said in a deposition filed in U.S. District Court that she had never before been involved in an execution. "No ...
The majority of New Yorkers want to see Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists put to death, according to a study by Marist and the Daily News . If found guilty, 73 percent of locals want Mohammed to be executed, while 67 percent of New Yorkers support the death penalty for the other suspects, the poll reveals. In a study that comes just days after a Gothamist poll revealed ...
COLUMBUS -- Kenneth Biros could become the first Ohio inmate put to death under the state's new single-dose lethal injection protocol, after a federal court cleared his execution Wednesday.
A Daviess County judge ruled an Owensboro man will be tried for capital murder, which means Brock Hanley could potentially face the death penalty.
Staff and wire report TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for the ringleader of a mass killing over an Xbox video-game system. The court ruled yesterday that Troy Victorino's individual claims of error in the 2004 case were without merit and that he was properly convicted of six counts of first-degree
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - As an Ohio execution team tried to find a vein during an unsuccessful lethal injection attempt, prison staff sought help from a doctor - a move generally discouraged by ethical and professional medical rules - federal court papers sho...
NEW YORK (AP)— New York juries are often loath to impose the death penalty, even for terrorists.
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's Consitutional Court has ruled that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully outlaws the death penalty.
The man scheduled to be executed in Nashville on Wednesday morning has asked for a stay of execution, saying to kill him by lethal injection after 29 years on Death Row is cruel and unusual punishment.
Kenneth Biros, who could become the first person in the United States put to death using an untested lethal-injection method, should not be subjected to state "experimentation," his attorney says.
