South Carolina death row inmate chooses firing squad as execution method
A South Carolina death row inmate has chosen to be executed by a firing squad next month rather than by lethal injection or ...
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Louisiana judge gives ruling on execution procedures for death row inmates
A federal judge in the Middle District Court of Louisiana granted a motion to expedite consideration and reopening of the case.
Execution witness challenges Arkansas bill allowing nitrogen hypoxia method
Arkansas is one among several other states that are looking to replace their way of carrying out capital punishment by using ...
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses to Be Executed by a Firing Squad
The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...
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Pullman man arrested for murder on WSU's Greek Row
The Pullman Police Department and Whitman County SWAT arrested a suspect wanted for the murder of a man on WSU's Greek Row.
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ASP CID investigating inmate death at Cummins Unit
Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is investigating the death of Cummins Unit inmate Dionte Gurley, 31, at the request of the Arkansas Division of Correction (ADC). ADC staff responded to reports ...
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Bill to use firing squad as state’s primary execution method advances
On Wednesday, Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee members voted 6-3 to advance HB 37, a bill which would replace lethal injection with death by firing squad as Idaho’s primary execution method for ...
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Bill to allow nitrogen-gas executions raises legal, medical questions
Despite no support for claims that it is a more humane method of execution, Arkansas is looking at using nitrogen gas to kill inmates.