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Attorney General Eric Holder has said he is not a proponent of capital punishment. But by Oct. 3, he had authorized death penalty prosecutions at a pace comparable to that of his immediate predecessor.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A condemned Ohio man has asked a federal judge for an emergency order to stop next week's planned execution, arguing the state is rushing too fast to use its new, one-drug lethal injection process.
An Army psychiatrist who may face the death penalty after the mass shooting at Fort Hood was charged Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder relating to the scores of soldiers and two civilian police officers injured in the attack, military officials said.
Lee Kershaw may face a lengthy prison term, but not the death penalty if convicted of the Nov. 21 slaying of Jon David, 43, of Mount Vernon, Ind.Posey County Prosecutor Jodi Uebelhack said the case does not meet the criteria for death penalty prosecution.Kershaw, 39, also of Mount Vernon, was returned to Posey County on Wednesday evening after being apprehended during the weekend in Acapulco ...
Lawyer David Dow was called before the state Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday to explain why he blew a court-imposed deadline by filing an appeal within 48 hours of his client's execution.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The man considered the father of lethal injection in the United States said it doesn’t matter whether three fatal drugs are used or one — as his home state of Ohio has proposed — as long as the drug works efficiently.
After nearly 29 years on death row, Cecil C. Johnson, 53, was put to death by lethal injection early Wednesday in Tennessee. About an hour before he was pronounced dead at 1:34 a.m. (Tennessee time), Johnson’s case stirred up anew a running controversy within the Supreme Court over the constitutionality of long delays in carrying [...]
Governor Strickland has denied clemency for convicted killer Kenneth Biros. The Trumbull County man is scheduled to be executed next week. Biros was convicted of the brutal 1991 murder of Tami Engstrom. Biros will be the first person executed using Ohio's new lethal injection procedure.
A condemned 44-year-old inmate is hoping the U.S. Supreme Court keeps him from the Texas death chamber for the fatal slashing of an 11-year-old girl. HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A condemned 44-year-old inmate is hoping the U.S. Supreme Court keeps him from the Texas death chamber for the fatal slashing of an 11-year-old girl. Bobby Wayne Woods is set for lethal injection Thursday evening in Huntsville ...
The death warrant Muscogee Superior Court Judge Robert Johnston signed today schedules Gary’s death by lethal injection for Dec. 16 through Dec. 23, a time frame from which the Georgia Department of Corrections may choose a date.
Ohio's new backup plan for executing inmates by injection allows at least three attempts to administer lethal drugs into muscles in the arms or legs, with the strength of the drug increasing for a third attempt and beyond. The backup would be used if attempts at a lethal intravenous injection fail. The backup procedure, as outlined by the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction: —A medical ...
A judge on Wednesday ruled that prosecutors should be allowed to have their own experts conduct a mental examination of a man facing the death penalty for allegedly beating a toddler to death last year.
Speaking softly and at times in a pained voice, a Peoria woman told jurors Tuesday how she scratched the man who sexually assaulted her in the hopes that his DNA would implicate him, regardless of if she survived or not. The woman, then 54, said she also tried to recognize details such as the gloves the man wore and how he spoke. She never saw his face. Not when he came into her home on North ...
An execution order has been signed for Carlton Gary. A Muscogee Superior Court judge signed the order Thursday for Gary, known as the “Columbus Stocking Strangler”. The clerk’s office reports Gary’s execution by lethal injection is scheduled for the week of December 16th to 23rd – the exact date...
The Logan County State's Attorney says no decision has been reached on the death penalty for two brothers accused of multiple murders. Christopher and Jason Harris were in court for pre-trial hearings.
An execution timeline has been set for the so-called "stocking strangler". It appears Carlton Gary will face death by lethal injection within the next 20 days
