Judge Stays Execution of U.S. Serial Killer
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - A federal judge on Monday  stayed the execution of a Connecticut serial killer, who had  been scheduled later this week to become the first person put  to death in New England in 45 years.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the pending execution of a Virginia man convicted of beating a co-worker to death in 2001 for drug money.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Houston woman remained on schedule Tuesday to become the 24th Texas death-row inmate to be executed this year.
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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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The parents of a Tennessee preacher shot to death by his wife convinced a judge to keep the convicted killer at home, but they couldn't keep her off the air.
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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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A U.S. judge denied on Friday a request from the Polish government for the extradition of a Chicago businessman accused of soliciting the 1998 murder of a former Warsaw police chief, and ordered the man set free.
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A convicted killer who had argued that Florida's use of lethal injections amounted to cruel and unusual punishment was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay.
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday  upheld a stay of execution for convicted serial killer Michael  Ross and sent his case back to a lower federal court to  determine if a public defender may intervene in the process.
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A federal appeals court cleared the  way on Friday for Connecticut to execute a serial killer who  wants to die but gave the man's father a last-minute chance to  ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene.
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Gov. Bob Riley stayed the execution of a contract killer Thursday, hours before it was to have been carried out, so the inmate could be put to death using a new lethal injection formula the governor had ordered just a day earlier.
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A murderer who would have become the nation's first executed inmate in months won a reprieve Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court a little more than an hour before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection.
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A suspected murderer who is thought to have killed again remained on bail despite breaching a condition.
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A federal judge said Monday he will order a postponement in the execution of serial killer Michael Ross, who waived 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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MIAMI, July 16 -- One day before he was to die by lethal injection, convicted cop killer Troy Davis received a 90-day stay of execution Monday from a Georgia clemency board, allowing him time to press his case that he has been the victim of mistaken identity.
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By RON WORD  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - It seemed like Angel Nieves Diaz would never die.  Two executioners injected him with three chemicals that were supposed to do the job in a few minutes. But 10 minutes later, he was still alive, his eyes darting back at the 25 witnesses.