Alabama cancels execution after court requires pastor
An Alabama inmate has won a reprieve from a scheduled lethal injection after the U.S. Supreme Court said the state could not proceed without his pastor in the death chamber …
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US gov’t carries out first execution of female inmate since 1953 | Death Penalty News
A Kansas woman was executed for strangling an expectant mother and cutting the baby from her womb, the first time in nearly 70 years that the US government has put …
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1st US execution of woman in 67 years
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — After a flurry of last-minute court orders, hours of uncertainty and one final plea to reconsider her competency, Lisa Montgomery became the first woman executed by …
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Judge halts 1st US execution of female inmate in 67 years
MISSION, Kan. — A judge has halted the U.S. government’s first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades, saying a court must first determine whether the Kansas woman …
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U.S. Supreme Court will allow execution, Alabama still delayed as death warrant expired at midnight
(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled early Friday that Alabama can proceed with the execution of a death row inmate whose lawyers argued that lethal injections had been botched …
Read More Alabama delays execution of man convicted of 1991 killing
(Reuters) – Alabama spared a death row inmate from the execution chamber shortly before midnight on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court did not overturn a temporary stay by a …
Read More U.S. appeals court stays Alabama execution of man convicted of 1991 killing
Death row inmate Christopher Price is seen in this undated Alabama Department of Corrections photo obtained from Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., on April 10, 2019. Courtesy Alabama Department of Corrections/Handout via …
Read More Alabama man convicted of sword-and-dagger Christmas killing of minister faces execution
(Reuters) – An Alabama man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas in 1991 faces …
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Death row inmates not guaranteed ‘painless’ execution, U.S. Supreme Court says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a prisoner sentenced to capital punishment “a painless death,” a divided Supreme Court said on Monday, paving the way for the …
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Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist adviser
An inmate who was part of a murderous band of prison escapees dubbed the “Texas 7” won a reprieve from his death sentence on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court …
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