Alabama's third nitrogen execution set for November
Alabama's governor has set a Nov. 21 execution date for what is scheduled to be the nation's third death sentence carried out by nitrogen gas.
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Oklahoma city to pay over $7 million to cleared former death row inmate
Edmond, Oklahoma, has agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison, making him the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime.
Texas man executed for 1997 killing of female jogger
Texas has executed Arthur Lee Burton for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston home more than 27 years ago.
Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver in 1998
Keith Edmund Gavin was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m. CT following a chemical injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Alabama.
Supreme Court grants stay of execution for Texas man seeking DNA testing
The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Ruben Gutierrez on Tuesday, 20 minutes before he was scheduled to face a lethal injection.
Oklahoma executes man for kidnapping, rape, murder of former stepdaughter
Oklahoma executed Richard Rojem, who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 7-year-old girl — his former stepdaughter — in 1984.
Texas man executed on what would have been teen victim's 41st birthday
Ramiro Gonzalez admitted that he kidnapped, sexually assaulted and fatally shot Bridget Townsend in 2001.
Infamous hangman-turned-TikTok star dies in Bangladesh
Shahjahan Bouya hanged some of the country's notorious serial killers and the father of current prime minister.
Iran overturns the death sentence of rapper charged in relation to protests
The lawyer for one of Iran's popular hip-hop artists and a critic of the regime Toomaj Salehi says the country's Supreme Court has overturned his death sentence.
Missouri executes inmate David Hosier after governor denied clemency
Missouri carried out its second execution this year on Tuesday. The condemned inmate David Hosier was sentenced to death for two murders.
Nitrogen gas execution set for inmate who survived lethal injection
A convicted murderer who survived a botched lethal injection is now set to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia in Alabama.
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.
Missouri executes inmate Brian Dorsey
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 executed by lethal injection
Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday night.
Dozens of guards, ex-judge push to scrap Missouri double murderer's execution
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.
Condemned Missouri inmate could face "surgery without anesthesia"
The procedure involves an incision that could be several inches wide and several inches deep.
Missouri declines to halt execution of man who killed couple
The Missouri Supreme Court rejected a petition to stop the execution of Brian Dorsey, a death row inmate, by lethal injection next month.
Georgia carries out first execution in more than 4 years
The last execution in Georgia had been conducted in January 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic gained force.
Convicted murderer Ivan Cantu executed in Texas
Cantu was convicted of murdering two people in Collin County in 2000 despite a lot of influential voices claiming he was not guilty.
Convicted murderer scheduled to be executed Wednesday, despite claims of innocence
Unless Gov. Abbott or the U.S. Supreme Court intervene, Cantu will be put to death Wednesday.
Idaho to execute infamous serial killer accused of at least 11 murders
Thomas Creech, one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.
South Carolina wants to resume firing squad and electric chair executions
South Carolina says all three execution methods allowed in the state — electrocution, lethal injection, and now, firing squad — fit existing protocols.
Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas
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 AG says nitrogen gas execution was "textbook," will be used again
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said he expects to see nitrogen hypoxia used in more executions.
Alabama takes criticism for nitrogen gas execution
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.
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