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Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

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Supreme Court allows Alabama execution to proceed

October 4, 2017 9:52 pm

National Security

State Department defends US vote against death penalty ban at the UN

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October 3, 2017 8:31 pm

This undated photo provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Keith Tharpe. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

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Supreme Court temporary stays execution of Keith Tharpe

Diana Stancy Correll -

September 27, 2017 5:03 am

A federal appeals court gave new life to a lawsuit filed by Alabama death row inmates against the state government's lethal injection protocol. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

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11th Circuit breathes new life into Alabama lethal injection challenge

Ryan Lovelace -

September 5, 2017 3:02 pm

Mark Asay received a three-drug injection that began with the anesthetic, etomidate. (Florida Department of Corrections via AP)

Crime

Florida executes convicted double-murderer using new drug in lethal injection

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August 24, 2017 11:21 pm

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Missouri governor stays execution amid DNA questions

Kelly Cohen -

August 22, 2017 8:09 pm

San Antonio police arrested James Bradley Jr. in July after discovering his tractor-trailer full of 39 illegal immigrants outside a Walmart store. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Immigration

Truck driver indicted on smuggling illegal immigrants who died, could face death penalty

Ryan Lovelace -

August 17, 2017 3:40 pm

Former Obama attorney Neal Katyal asks the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the death penalty and whether capital punishment in Arizona, in particular, violates the Eighth Amendment. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Former Obama attorney asks Supreme Court to hear new death penalty challenge

Ryan Lovelace -

August 15, 2017 3:36 pm

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal court, not a state court, must hear a case about a murder on Indian land. (iStock by Getty Images)

News

Appeals court overturns conviction, death sentence because wrong court tried murder case

Ryan Lovelace -

August 9, 2017 3:46 pm

This Nov. 5, 2005 file photo, shows the death chamber at the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility in Lucasville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

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Appeals court rules Ohio’s execution drugs don’t violate Constitution

Ryan Lovelace -

June 29, 2017 4:06 pm

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Tag: Death Penalty

Supreme Court allows Alabama execution to proceed

State Department defends US vote against death penalty ban at the UN

Supreme Court temporary stays execution of Keith Tharpe

11th Circuit breathes new life into Alabama lethal injection challenge

Florida executes convicted double-murderer using new drug in lethal injection

Missouri governor stays execution amid DNA questions

Truck driver indicted on smuggling illegal immigrants who died, could face death penalty

Former Obama attorney asks Supreme Court to hear new death penalty challenge

Appeals court overturns conviction, death sentence because wrong court tried murder case

Appeals court rules Ohio’s execution drugs don’t violate Constitution

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