Fla. to investigate 34-minute execution
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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.
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MIAMI, Dec. 15 -- Executions by lethal injection were suspended in Florida and ordered revamped in California on Friday, as the chemical method once billed as a more humane way of killing the condemned came under mounting scrutiny over the pain it may cause.
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Huntsville -- Governor Rick Perry is considering whether to delay Wednesday night&#39;s scheduled execution of convicted killer Frances Newton of Houston.
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An investigation is announced into the inquiry into the death of Stuart Lubbock.
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The Texas parole board Tuesday recommended delaying the state&#39;s first execution of a black woman to give her lawyers more time to investigate her claims of innocence.
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Governor commutes sentence of man who was scheduled to die via lethal injection this evening.
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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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Federal officials said Tuesday they have opened a criminal investigation into how four South Floridians contracted botulism, after receiving injections thought to be unapproved wrinkle treatment at an Oakland Park clinic.
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Action on a jury&#39;s recommendation to kill Scott Peterson by lethal injection for murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, could be decades away in the state that has more than 600 people on death row.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. &#151; A teen's death at a juvenile boot camp has led to a shake-up in Florida's criminal justice system, the resignation of Florida's top law enforcement officer, and now aggravated manslaughter charges for seven former guards and a nurse.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida ended on Wednesday a moratorium on capital punishment spurred by a gruesomely slow execution at the end of last year, as Gov. Charlie Crist signed his first death warrant.
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ST. LUCIE COUNTY -- A St. Lucie County child porn investigation led to the shooting death of a Broward County sheriff&#39;s deputy Thursday when officers served a federal search warrant in Fort Lauderdale, officials said.
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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 University of Florida asked state investigators Tuesday to review campus officers' use of a Taser during a forum with Sen. John Kerry, on a persistent questioner who is known for posting practical jokes online.
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A murder inquiry is launched after a 34-year-old man was fatally injured in the street in Greenock.
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The autopsy to determine what caused the death of rap star ODB (Ol&#39;Dirty Bastard) could take up to a week to be completed, US officials have said.
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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.