S.D. execution halted; Okla. goes ahead
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The first execution of a South Dakota prison inmate in 59 years was abruptly stopped after the governor said the law concerning lethal injection protocols was outdated.
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Alabama is set to breach an unofficial U.S. moratorium on executions on Thursday by putting to death by lethal injection a convicted rapist and murderer.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida's incoming governor Charlie Crist said on Friday he will halt executions after a medical examiner found that it took a condemned killer 34 minutes to die from a lethal injection because the needles were inserted improperly.
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The Connecticut execution of a serial killer who wants to die is halted less than an hour before it is due to happen.
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Connecticut prison officials postponed the execution early on Saturday of serial killer Michael Ross after his lawyer cited a conflict of interest and requested the last-minute delay.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of a man who killed his parents nine years ago.
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A federal judge Monday postponed the execution of a serial killer who had tried to end his appeals and was set to become the first person put to death in New England in nearly 45 years.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - A U.S. court granted a stay of execution to a convicted killer set to be put to death in Alabama on Thursday, the latest such move since the Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to lethal injection.
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WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas killer whose lawyers argued that he should not be put to death because he is mentally ill.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Death penalty critics on Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt lethal injections after a convicted killer took 34 minutes to die from the procedure and witnesses said he appeared to suffer.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a stay of execution for a serial killer who wants to be put to death, but another court order continued to block what would be New England's first execution in 45 years.
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Huntsville, Texas -- Governor Rick Perry has halted Wednesday night&#39;s scheduled execution of convicted killer Frances Newton of Houston.
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HOUSTON, Texas  - Texas Gov. Rick Perry granted a  rare stay of execution to a Houston woman just hours before she  was scheduled to die on Wednesday night by lethal injection for  the 1987 murder of her husband and two children.
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HUNTSVILLE -- The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a delay in Wednesday&#39;s scheduled execution of Frances Newton.
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Stop executions for a while and perhaps they can be stopped forever. That calculation has been part of the strategy of capital punishment opponents for decades.
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The state postponed plans Monday to execute a serial killer after he agreed to have his mental competency examined, delaying for at least a month what would be New England's first execution in 45 years.
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After the Supreme Court granted two stays of execution and refused to vacate a third, some say that a de facto moratorium on the death penalty is in place.