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Texas sues FDA over execution drug shipment seizure
Texas filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Food and Drug Administration to force it to decide whether an impounded shipment of a drug used for executions should be delivered to the Texas prison system, which has carried out more lethal injections (More) |
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Sixth Circuit allows lethal injection drug makers to remain anonymous
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday ruled that manufacturers of drugs used for lethal injections may remain anonymous in Ohio. The lawsuit, Fears v. Kasich, was brought by death row inmates who claimed that barring discovery tha (More) |
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Death penalty losing traction in US: report
The use of capital punishment in the US is at a 20-year low, according to a eport by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) Wednesday. Specifically, the report found that while 31 states currently allow the death penalty, only five such states (More) |
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Mississippi top court allows challenge to lethal injection drug
The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a death row inmate may challenge the use of a controversial lethal injection drug. The court ruled 5-4 that Charles Ray Crawford may pursue a challenge in state court under a federal civil rights st (More) |
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Alabama lethal injection execution called 'avoidable disaster'
Defenders of condemned inmate Ronald Bert Smith Jr. are calling his execution [Chicago Tribune report] an "avoidable disaster." The death row inmate was seen coughing, and his upper body heaved repeatedly for 13 minutes as he was being sedated. Furt (More) |
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UN 'strongly condemns' recent executions in Belarus
A UN Special Rapporteur on Monday "strongly condemn" the executions of three men in Belarus last week. Citing the executions as a confirmation of the "the persistent disregard for human rights in the country," the expert asserted that the country s (More) |
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Iran Supreme Court affirms death penalty for billionaire
The Supreme Court of Iran on Saturday affirmed the death sentence of 42-year-old Iranian oil billionare Babak Zanjani, according the country's state-run news agency . Zanjani was arrested in December 2013 on charges of embezzlement, money laundering (More) |
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Crossroads or a Curve: The Death Penalty and the 2016 Election
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier of CUNY School of Law discusses the death penalty and the 2016 election...Commentators will be debating the causes and impact of the outcome of the November 8, 2016 US presidential election for a long time (More) |
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Supreme Court hears argument on Texas death penalty disability standard
The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Moore v. Texas , a case challenging Texas' standard for determining whether a person is intellectually disabled and therefore cannot be subject to capital punishment. In 2002 the Supreme Court held i (More) |
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Pakistan court issues arrest warrant for former president Musharraf
The Balochistan High Court issued an arrest warrant Monday for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf . Musharraf is accused of involvement with the murder of former Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti in a military operation in (More) |
