Arizona is scheduled to execute its first death row prisoner in more than 2 years
PHOENIX — An Arizona man who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder was scheduled to be executed Wednesday in the state’s first use of the death penalty in more than two years.
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An Arizona prisoner whose execution is coming up isn't asking for a reprieve
A prisoner scheduled to be executed next week in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years will not ask for a reprieve from his death sentence.NBC News - Mar. 10 -
Louisiana puts man to death in state's first nitrogen gas execution
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Louisiana death row inmate challenges nitrogen gas as execution method
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Louisiana executes man with nitrogen gas after 15-year pause
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7 people charged in death of Sam Nordquist plead not guilty to torture, killing of the transgender man
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Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
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Murder conviction of Texas woman on death row for 27 years tossed by federal appeals court
A federal appeals court tossed out the murder conviction of a Texas woman sitting on death row for more than a quarter-century, ruling she'd been unjustly convicted on the basis of tainted ...NBC News - 6d -
Louisiana Resumes Capital Punishment With First Nitrogen Execution
Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution since 2010.The New York Times - 14h -
Federal judge halts Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution
A federal judge halted Louisiana from immediately moving forward with the state's nitrogen gas execution of death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr.CBS News - Mar. 11
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