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U.S. / NEWS Thu Jul 12, 2007 @ 8:40am neoform

FOX News -- A 25-year-old man was executed by lethal injection Wednesday for the torture and slaying of a teenager who was forced to drink hydrochloric acid during a robbery of his home. It was the state's first execution in 60 years. Elijah Page gave up his appea.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Jun 29, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

USA Today -- A Texas killer who shot his in-laws to death in front of his wife and daughter won a stay of execution Thursday from a divided U.S. Supreme Court because he is mentally ill. The court ruled 5-4 that Scott Panetti, a former ranch hand who suffers from s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 14, 2006 @ 9:24am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Death penalty opponents criticized the execution of a convicted murderer who took more than half an hour to die and needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 31, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- The Supreme Court's decision to halt an execution in Mississippi is the latest indication that most, if not all, executions by lethal injection will be halted until justices rule on a challenge to the procedure. The last-minute reprieve Tuesday for Ear.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 18, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- The Supreme Court stopped the execution of Virginia death row inmate Christopher Scott Emmett on Wednesday, a move that legal experts said might signal a nationwide halt to lethal injections until the justices decide next year whether the procedure amount.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 16, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- The Nevada Supreme Court has postponed the execution of a murderer on the day he was due to die by lethal injection. The execution was suspended pending a decision from the US Supreme Court on the constitutionality of lethal injections. William Cast.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 17, 2007 @ 11:54am neoform

FOX News -- The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday granted a stay of execution for up to 90 days for a man convicted of killing a Savannah police officer in 1989. Troy Davis had faced a lethal injection tomorrow before the decision by the board after l.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jul 2, 2007 @ 11:06pm neoform

FOX News -- Death row inmate Mark Dean Schwab is a "scientific mystery" who should be spared execution so he can be further studied to prevent other pedophiles from raping and killing children, his attorney said in a motion for clemency. Schwab, 38, was sentenced.. Read More