Tag: Criminal punishment

Tennessee inmate found dead after execution date request

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee death row inmate Stephen Hugueley has died three days after the state filed a motion to set his execution date....

Tennessee death row inmate makes rare court appearance

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Tennessee death row inmate made a rare public appearance Friday during a court hearing about claims that he is intellectually...

Texas inmate faces execution after killing 3 family members

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HOUSTON — A Texas inmate faces execution on Wednesday after killing his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter and father-in-law more than a decade ago in...

Biden’s silence on executions adds to death penalty disarray

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CHICAGO — Activists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment,...

Lawmakers mark Juneteenth with talk of ‘abolition amendment’

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As the nation this week made Juneteenth a federal holiday, honoring when the last enslaved Black people learned they were free, lawmakers are reviving...

Former corrections officer gets 10 years for raping women

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MIAMI — A former South Florida corrections officer was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for raping women under his supervision ...

South Carolina inmates want deaths delayed during appeal

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Days before what could be South Carolina's first execution in a decade, the two inmates scheduled to die this month under the state’s recently...

Nevada plans to use 3 or 4 drugs for late-July execution

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LAS VEGAS — Nevada prison officials on Thursday disclosed that they want to use a never-before-tried combination of drugs for the state’s first lethal...

Federal judge won’t halt upcoming South Carolina executions

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — A federal judge on Friday declined to halt the upcoming executions of two South Carolina prisoners slated to die later this...

Arizona refurbishes gas chamber in push to resume executions

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PHOENIX — As it aims to resume executions after a seven-year hiatus, Arizona has refurbished its gas chamber, where the nation's last lethal-gas execution...