First federal execution in 17 years delayed once again
Murderer Daniel Lewis Lee was slated to die by lethal injection even though the victim's family objects due, among other things, to concern they could be exposed to the coronavirus by attending.
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Appeals court paves way for first federal execution in 17 years
Family members of Daniel Lewis Lee's victims petitioned to have the execution delayed so they could attend without fear of traveling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Execution blocked after victims' family raises virus concerns
Daniel Lewis Lee, a former white supremacist who robbed and murdered a family of three, including their 8-year-old daughter, was scheduled to be executed on Monday.
Texas executes man for killing elderly man nearly 3 decades ago
Billy Joe Wardlow was the first inmate in Texas to receive a lethal injection since February 6 and the second in the U.S. since the nation began reopening following pandemic-related shutdowns.
Supreme Court gives green light for resuming federal executions
The court paved the way for the Justice Department to end its effective freeze on capital punishment next month.
Execution halted after chaplain barred; Kardashian thanks court
The justices blocked Ruben Gutierrez's execution about an hour before he could have been put to death.
Missouri carries out first execution since COVID-19 outbreak began
Walter Barton was put to death for fatally stabbing an 81-year-old woman nearly three decades ago, despite questions over his guilt.
Questions over prosecutors in case of inmate scheduled to die
Walter Barton is scheduled for execution in Missouri Tuesday night despite questions over his guilt.
Court clears way for Missouri execution despite new questions
Advocates say evidence against Walter Barton is "weak and circumstantial."
Colorado repealing death penalty
After five previous attempts, the Colorado House finally passed a repeal of capital punishment. Governor Jared Polis says he will commute sentences of three people on the state's death row. CBS Denver reports.
Protests over planned Alabama execution
Nathaniel Woods is scheduled to be executed in Alabama for the murder of three police officers even though he did not pull the trigger. CBSN's Anne-Marie Green has details on the controversy surrounding the case.
MLK's son asks Alabama's governor to block looming execution
"Killing this African American man … could produce an irreversible injustice" Martin Luther King III wrote to Kay Ivey about Nathaniel Woods
Willie Godbolt blames devil for 8 murders but gets death penalty
Godbolt said in court he'd prayed to be a better man, "but the devil came to kill and destroy. He wasn't going to let that be."
He has 4 murder convictions. His victims' families don't want him to die.
Nicholas Sutton, 58, is scheduled to be executed by the electric chair Thursday.
Dylann Roof appeals conviction, sentence in Charleston massacre
Roof's attorneys argue he was mentally ill when he represented himself at his capital trial.
Texas man becomes first inmate put to death this year in U.S.
Before the 64-year-old inmate received a lethal injection, he turned his head and apologized several times to his wife's son, daughter and mother.
Pakistan ex-president Musharraf sentenced to death for treason
Musharraf was a military commander who seized power and became a key U.S. ally in the "war on terror."
Supreme Court temporarily blocks restarting federal executions
Daniel Lewis Lee's execution was scheduled for Monday, the first federal execution since 2003.
Blind inmate executed by electric chair for killing ex-girlfriend
Lee Hall, 53, chose the electric chair over Tennessee's preferred execution method of lethal injection.
Trump admin will take case to restart executions to Supreme Court
A judge halted the plan to restart federal executions on Thursday
Innocence Project trying to exonerate man executed in 2006
Sedley Alley was put to death in Tennessee in 2006, convicted of killing 19-year-old Marine Lance Corporal Suzanne Collins
Rodney Reed's mother speaks out after stay of execution
"The truth will and shall set him free," Reed's mother said
Georgia man executed for 1994 killing of store clerk
Two days before his scheduled execution, a co-defendant released a statement that he overheard another co-defendant confess to being the shooter
Killer who was expected to be executed has died of natural causes
Ron Lafferty of Utah killed his brother's wife and her toddler in 1984 because of his strong polygamist beliefs
Oprah urges Texas governor: "Take a pause" on Rodney Reed case
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More than 1,000 arrested in France as protesters and police clash
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