Lawyer Request Delays Connecticut Execution
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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 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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A month after the US Supreme Court agreed to wade into the lethal injection debate, executions are effectively on hold across the nation as courts and politicians sit tight amid a legal limbo.
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A pending execution in Connecticut will mark the first time in more than 40 years that an inmate has been put to death north or east of Pennsylvania.
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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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If serial killer Michael Ross gets his wish, he will become the first person executed in New England in 45 years. Connecticut's governor and most state residents agree he should be.
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A murderer was scheduled to die Thursday in what would be the nation's first execution since the day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
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The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, in an unusual step, recommended on Tuesday that the execution of a 39-year-old woman scheduled for 6 pm on Wednesday be delayed
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The murder trial of a man accused of a shooting spree that began in a courthouse has been suspended for about a month by the judge, who cited state delays in covering some defense expenses.
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A hearing for three Americans charged with torturing Afghans on a private anti-terror mission was postponed on Monday for 10 days at the defendants' request after they brought in American lawyers.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - Connecticut officials called  off New England's first execution in 45 years Monday after  serial killer Michael Ross changed his mind and admitted he may  be mentally incompetent.
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It's not official, but a "creeping  moratorium" on the death penalty in the United States is taking  hold as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to the  method of lethal injection.
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Governor commutes sentence of man who was scheduled to die via lethal injection this evening.
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Opening statements in actor Robert Blake&#39;s murder trial were delayed Monday until Dec. 20 because of a burglary in which his defense attorney&#39;s computer was stolen.
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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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Victim's fight could make legal history by extending the deadline for sufferers to seek compensation.
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Defense attorneys and death penalty opponents were outraged Thursday over an execution in which the condemned man took more than half an hour to die, needed a rare second dose of lethal chemicals, and appeared to grimace in his final moments.