Military's archbishop criticizes plan to livestream execution
Archbishop for the U.S. Military Timothy Broglio said Catholic service members assigned to the firing squad that will execute the Fort Hood shooter should ask to be excused.
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Archbishop for the U.S. Military Timothy Broglio said Catholic service members assigned to the firing squad that will execute the Fort Hood shooter should ask to be excused.
Christa Pike, a death row inmate who was subject to a failed execution attempt in Tennessee last week, is conscious and speaking from her hospital bed, her attorneys said Tuesday.
Christa Pike "remains critically ill" and is receiving medical care after a botched execution attempt in Tennessee, her attorneys said.
Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
The Justice Department announced Friday it would readopt the death penalty protocols for lethal injection and firing squads.
An Alabama prisoner convicted of the 1994 murder of a female hitchhiker became the third person executed by nitrogen gas in both the U.S. and Alabama.
Marcellus Williams was convicted in the 1998 stabbing death of Felicia Gayle in Missouri, but DNA testing raised questions.
The procedure involves an incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep.
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a petition to stop the execution of Brian Dorsey, a death row inmate, by lethal injection next month.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he expects to see nitrogen hypoxia used in more executions.
Politicians pushed for the nitrogen gas execution method with limited scientific research behind it. Critics say it could amount to torture.
Experts have denounced Alabama's planned execution of a death row inmate by nitrogen hypoxia — an untested suffocation method that they say could cause "grave suffering."
Alabama is preparing to employ a new method of execution using nitrogen gas following botched attempts at lethal injections last year.
A Texas man who claimed his death sentence was based on false expert testimony has been executed for killing a man during a robbery in the 1990s.
More than 60 global healthcare companies have taken action to prevent their drugs from being used in lethal injection executions.
A judiciary official said the 26-year-old stood accused of "rebellion, membership in illegal gangs, collusion to undermine security" and "emnity against God."
Nebraska carried out its first execution in more than two decades on Tuesday with a drug combination never tried before, including the first use of the powerful opioid fentanyl in a lethal injection.
A noted Denver attorney filed a lawsuit Monday on behalf of the estate of an inmate executed in Oklahoma.
The race for governor in Colorado is in a statistical tie, with Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper in a dead heat with Republican challenger Bob Beauprez.
Gov. John Hickenlooper has spoken with seven prosecutors and two defense attorneys as he ponders whether to grant clemency to Nathan Dunlap, who faces execution in August for ambushing and killing four people in 1993.
