Execution date set for Alabama man convicted of killing driver at ATM
Alabama has set a July 18 execution date for a man convicted in the 1998 shooting death of a delivery driver who had stopped at an ATM.
Alabama has set a July 18 execution date for a man convicted in the 1998 shooting death of a delivery driver who had stopped at an ATM.
Missouri executed death row inmate Brian Dorsey on Tuesday night after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. A jury convicted Dorsey of killing his cousin and her husband in 2006. Public defenders argued Dorsey should not be put to death because of good behavior and claimed his trial lawyers had a conflict of interest.
Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday night.
Brian Dorsey is scheduled to be executed in Missouri for a double slaying in 2009. But dozens of prison guards and a former state Supreme Court justice are among those who want his life spared.
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.
The last execution in Georgia had been conducted in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic gained force.
Cantu was convicted of murdering two people in Collin County in 2000 despite a lot of influential voices claiming he was not guilty.
Unless Gov. Abbott or the U.S. Supreme Court intervene, Cantu will be put to death Wednesday.
Thomas Creech, one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.
South Carolina says all three execution methods allowed in the state — electrocution, lethal injection, and now, firing squad — fit existing protocols.
The state of Alabama was criticized by several groups, including the United Nations and the European Union, after it executed a death row inmate Thursday night using the controversial method of nitrogen hypoxia. Kenneth Smith's spiritual adviser said the nitrogen method amounted to torture, but Alabama officials disagree. Manuel Bojorquez has more.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he expects to see nitrogen hypoxia used in more executions.
In a groundbreaking and controversial move, Alabama executed an inmate using nitrogen gas, a method never before tested or used in the United States. CBS News' Lilia Luciano reports.
Alabama authorities executed Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas Thursday night despite controversy over the method. Smith was one of three men convicted in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Dr. Keith Ray, associate professor and chair of criminal justice and social sciences at Alabama State University, joined CBS News to discuss the execution.
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Kenneth Eugene Smith, a death row inmate in Alabama, is expected to become the first person in the U.S. executed with nitrogen gas. Manuel Bojorquez reports.
Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to be the first person in the United States to be put to death with nitrogen gas after the Supreme Court refused to stop the procedure. Experts have repeatedly warned that nitrogen toxicity may cause the condemned person to suffer unnecessarily. Kim Bellware, a reporter with The Washington Post, joins CBS News with more.
A death row inmate in Alabama was executed on Thursday, Jan. 25, using nitrogen gas. It marked the first U.S. execution carried out this way.
Politicians pushed for the nitrogen gas execution method with limited scientific research behind it. Critics say it could amount to torture.
The inmate, Kenneth Eugene Smith, already survived a botched execution attempt by lethal injection in 2022.
The judge's order clears the way for what would be the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas — a method the inmate's lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental.
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.
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A man was also found shot to death inside the home where the man who pulled the gun during the service.
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Recall includes yogurt pretzels and other confections sold by retailers such as Dollar General, HyVee, Target and Walmart.
Without a major change, Social Security may be forced to cut benefits in 2035, a year later than previously forecast.
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem would not answer a question about whether the meeting with the North Korean leader actually occurred.
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Hormel Foods says potentially contaminated products were shipped to Publix and Dollar Tree distribution warehouses.
Steward Health Care, the struggling hospital group that owns hospitals in Massachusetts, Texas, Florida and other states, announced Monday that it is filing for bankruptcy.
The Texas dairy worker infected by H5N1 "did not disclose the name of their workplace," frustrating investigators.
A U.S. soldier has been detained in Russia, officials confirmed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says the proposal is "far from meeting Israel's core demands."
Zakia Wardak, Afghanistan's top diplomat in India, announced her resignation after reportedly being stopped at an airport with the gold cache.
Claiming a "new round of escalation" from NATO amid the war in Ukraine, Russia plans drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons.
Historic flooding has left the wealthy Brazilian city of Porto Alegre underwater, with more than 80 people dead and many awaiting rescue.
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Georgia is home to the nation's newest nuclear reactor. It's bringing clean energy to the state, but the project has run over budget and past its original completion date. Drew Kann, climate and environment reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joins CBS News to explore the effort.
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When NASA added a tiny four-pound helicopter as a stowaway to its Mars 2020 lander, it expected the helicopter to fly five very brief flights in the thin Martian atmosphere. Yet, Ingenuity would far surpass all expectations.
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A church service in North Braddock, Pennsylvania, was upended Sunday when a man pulled a gun on the pastor in the middle of his sermon.
Officials confirmed the bodies found in a well last week in Mexico belonged to three missing surfers and that they each had bullet wounds.
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Boeing's Starliner space capsule is set for a historic launch Monday night. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood looks at the long-awaited mission into orbit, and what it could mean for the future of space travel.
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The Eta Aquariids meteor shower will peak overnight on Sunday into Monday, according to NASA.
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