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Man convicted of murdering his neighbor and robbing his neighbor's wife had asked for the alternative to lethal injection. (AP)
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Appeals court shoots down Georgia inmate’s request to be executed by firing squad

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In this Monday evening, April 17, 2017 photo, the sun sets behind clouds over an Arkansas State Police command post outside the Varner Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction near Varner, Ark. As state officials prepare to carry out a double execution Thursday ahead of a drug expiration deadline and despite the setback the U.S. Supreme Court delivered late Monday, lawyers for those condemned men look to be taking a different approach: claiming the prisoners are actually innocent. (Stephen B. Thornton/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
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Arkansas carries out execution, prepares for 2nd

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Ledell Lee was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing Debra Reese with a tire iron in February 1993 in Jacksonville. (Benjamin Krain/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)
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Arkansas executes first inmate since 2005 following late-night Supreme Court orders

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Timothy McVeigh is escorted by law enforcement officials from the Noble County Courthouse in Perry, Okla., April 21, 1995, two days after the bombing of the Alfred P. Murray Federal Building that claimed the lives of 168 people. (AP Photo/David Longstreath, File)
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22 years after the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh remains the only terrorist executed by the US

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Two other states list the gas as an executive method, but it's never been used on an inmate. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
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Alabama Senate advances bill to use nitrogen gas in executions

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People gather at a rally opposing the state's upcoming executions, on the front steps of Arkansas' Capitol, Friday, April 14, 2017, in Little Rock, Ark. (Stephen B. Thornton/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Arkansas AG to appeal 1 of 2 execution stays to Supreme Court

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Arkansas had originally planned to execute eight inmates, but two were granted a stay in the past two weeks. (AP Photo/Michael Graczyk)
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Federal judge blocks Arkansas executions

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Alabama is the last state in the nation to allow judicial overrides in capital cases. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
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Alabama knocks down judicial override in death penalty cases

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Dylann Roof, who shot nine black worshippers in a Charleston, S.C., church in 2015 will plead guilty to state charges in order to avoid another death sentence. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
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Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof will avoid second death sentence with guilty plea

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored the Supreme Court's 5-3 opinion vacating the lower court's judgment and remanded the case back to the lower court. (AP Photo/Craig Fritz)
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Supreme Court rules that failure to follow medical standards in death penalty case violates Eighth Amendment

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