Florida governor halts executions
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Florida Governor Jeb Bush suspends executions in the US state after a botched death by lethal injection.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stopped the execution of a Texas convict scheduled to be put to death for the 1998 killing of his parents, two days after the court said it will consider whether lethal injection violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - A federal judge has declared Tennessee's procedure to execute inmates by lethal injection puts them at risk of a painful death, and canceled next week's scheduled execution of a 52-year-old inmate.
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Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Thursday he was unaware that a federal judge had ruled last week that lethal injection procedures in his home state were unconstitutional.
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TALLAHASSEE Â· A judge Monday temporarily halted a new Florida constitutional amendment that would yank the license of doctors who commit three acts of malpractice.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Alabama Gov. Bob Riley on Monday rejected calls to postpone this week's execution of convicted serial killer Daniel Lee Siebert despite his terminal cancer and a national controversy over lethal injections.
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Gov. Jeb Bush&#39;s efforts to keep a brain-damaged woman alive against her husband&#39;s wishes all but collapsed on Thursday, when the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the law
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Anti-death penalty forces have gained momentum in the past few years, with a moratorium in Illinois, court disputes over lethal injection in more than a half-dozen states and progress toward outright abolishment in New Jersey.
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New England's first execution in 45 years was abruptly  postponed early Saturday after a federal judge reprimanded the serial killer's attorney, saying he was "terribly, terribly wrong" for trying to help end his client's life.
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Gov. Rick Perry blocked the execution of a woman two hours before she was to go to her death Wednesday so her lawyers can conduct new tests on evidence in the 17-year-old murder case.
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A crackdown on probation violators is exacerbating overcrowding at many county jails across Florida, forcing the release of some suspects who are awaiting trial.
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A US death row inmate in Florida, whose January execution was delayed at the last minute to allow him to contest the state's lethal execution method as inhumane, faces execution Wednesday after losing a series of court appeals.
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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out the state law that allowed Gov. Jeb Bush to order Terri Schiavo&#39;s feeding tube re-inserted, saying legislators overstepped their authority.
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The state Racing and Wagering Board yesterday suspended the racing licenses of three horsemen, including a reputed member of the Gambino organized crime family, who were linked to a plot to fix a horse race by doping one of the animals.
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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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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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Citing "grisly and senseless  killings," Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declined on Tuesday to  grant clemency to murderer Donald Beardslee, setting the stage  for California's first execution in three years.