Convicted Iowa Drug Kingpin May Get Death
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A drug kingpin was convicted Thursday of murdering five people in a scheme to silence two former dealers turned informants, a verdict that could make him the first person sentenced to death in Iowa in more than 40 years.
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A CONVICTED murderer took 34 minutes to die in the execution chamber, needing a second dose of lethal chemicals.   The family of Angel Diaz, 55, called his death in Starke, Florida, barbaric.
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Iowa public health officials say a 50-year-old eastern Iowa man has been confirmed as the state&#39;s second fatality from West Nile disease this year.
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Governor commutes sentence of man who was scheduled to die via lethal injection this evening.
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A federal investigation of the rap music industry's alleged ties to the drug world has resulted in charges against the founder of a platinum-selling record label and a notorious crack kingpin, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.
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When Gov. Ernie Fletcher signed a death warrant for a convicted killer this month, he may have done more than start the clock ticking on an execution. Some say Fletcher, a doctor, may have put his medical license at risk.
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NEW YORK -- The death of rapper ODB was deemed an accident by the medical examiner, who said yesterday that he died from the combined effects of cocaine and a prescription painkiller.
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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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A notorious crack kingpin with ties to the hip-hop industry was convicted Thursday in a federal death penalty case for paying $50,000 to have two rivals gunned down in 2001.
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US rapper Pimp C, who was found dead in December, was killed by an accidental overdose, coroners rule.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - A man convicted of murdering a couple who discovered him burglarizing their home in 1999 was put to death by lethal injection on Thursday.
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Special prosecutors in Colorado said Friday that DNA found on a murder victim does not match the man convicted for her murder. Tim Masters should be freed immediately while he awaits a new trial, they added. The case of the horrific 1987 killing and 1999 trial has pitted cop against cop and raised many questions about whether an innocent man was convicted.
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Elijah Page first to die in 60 years South Dakota yesterday executed its first prisoner in 60 years, 25-year-old Elijah Page, who succumbed to a "lethal combination of three drugs at the state penitentiary in Sioux Falls", the local Argus Leader reports.â¦
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Time may be running out for a woman on death row in Texas. Frances Newton is scheduled to receive a lethal injection tomorrow evening for the 1987 shooting deaths of her husband and two small children.
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Jurors hearing Scott Peterson&#39;s double murder case will have two choices should they decide to convict the former fertilizer salesman, one of which would spare him a possible death sentence.
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NEZPERCE, Idaho - A man picked the wrong location for an alleged drug deal. Telling an eyewitness to mind his own business was also not a good idea. It was in front of the home of Lewis County's sheriff-elect, who was sitting on his front porch.
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Despite the fact that the cause of Ol' Dirty Bastard's death may   not be known for several days, it seems that some of his survivors are   already bracing for battle over his assets.