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Indiana Carries Out Its First Execution in 15 Years

Joseph Corcoran was put to death without witnesses from media

(Newser) - An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister's fiancé decades ago was put to death Wednesday, without any independent witness, marking the state's first execution in 15 years , the AP reports. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44am CST at...

Missouri Is Running Out of Inmates to Execute

There are now just 8 condemned inmates in state, down from nearly 100 in 1997

(Newser) - Missouri's status as one of the most active death penalty states is about to change for one simple reason: The state is running out of inmates to execute. The lethal injection of Christopher Collings on Dec. 3 left just eight men on death row—a figurative term since condemned...

Indiana Preps for an Execution After 15-Year Pause

Joseph Corcoran's execution is scheduled for Wednesday

(Newser) - Indiana officials are preparing to execute the state's first death row inmate in 15 years, a man who was convicted a quarter-century ago of killing his brother and three other men, the AP reports. Joseph Corcoran, 49, has been on Indiana's death row since 1999. If he is...

Pressure on Biden to Commute All Federal Death Sentences

Some fear the 40 inmates on federal death row risk hanging under Trump

(Newser) - No president has ever issued a mass commutation of federal death sentences, but that's exactly what advocates are asking of President Biden in his final days in office. Several letters asking Biden to commute the sentences of all 40 people on federal death row to life in prison without...

Missouri Executes Man for Murder of Girl, 9

Christopher Collings sexually assaulted, strangled girl who knew him as 'Uncle Chris'

(Newser) - A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl, then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside a small, rural town. Christopher Collings, 49, was a friend of the family of the victim, fourth-grader Rowan Ford—so much so that he lived with the family...

To Escape Execution, She'll Need to Find $9B

Vietnamese tycoon Truong My Lan loses initial appeal of death sentence, but hope remains

(Newser) - One of Vietnam's richest women, sentenced to death over what the BBC calls "the world's biggest bank fraud," has lost her appeal. But real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, found to have embezzled $12.5 billion from Saigon Commercial Bank, could still avoid execution—if she...

After 2-Year Pause, Executions Will Resume in Arizona

State plans to seek execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches

(Newser) - Executions will resume in Arizona following a two-year pause, the state's top prosecutor says. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement sent to the Associated Press on Wednesday that she will soon seek an execution warrant for Aaron Brian Gunches, who is on death row after being...

Alabama Prisoner Curses, Gives Middle Finger Before Execution

Carey Dale Grayson became the 3rd person put to death in the US using nitrogen gas

(Newser) - An Alabama man convicted in the 1994 killing of a hitchhiker cursed at the prison warden and made obscene gestures with his hands shortly before he was put to death Thursday evening in the nation's third execution using nitrogen gas, the AP reports. Carey Dale Grayson, 50, was executed...

Serial Killer's Execution Halted Yet Again

Judge issues temporary stay for Thomas Eugene Creech, on death row since 1981

(Newser) - A federal judge has temporarily halted the planned execution of an Idaho man on death row whose first lethal injection attempt was botched earlier this year, per the AP . Thomas Eugene Creech was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Nov. 13—roughly nine months after the state first...

Richard Moore Executed, Despite Clemency Pleas

3 jurors, trial judge were among those who'd fought to save SC inmate's life, saying he'd changed

(Newser) - South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection on Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors and the judge from his trial, a former prison director, pastors, and members of his family....

Man in Shaken Baby Case Can't Testify in Person

Attorney general's office says Robert Roberson can only testify to lawmakers virtually

(Newser) - A Texas man whose execution was abruptly halted last week after lawmakers ordered Robert Roberson to appear at the state Capitol in Austin did not show up as scheduled Monday, following objections to transporting an inmate from death row for the extraordinary purpose of testifying before a public committee. Democratic...

Last-Minute Twists Delay Execution in Shaken Baby Case

Robert Roberson's execution was originally scheduled for Thursday night

(Newser) - The controversial execution of a Texas man convicted in a so-called " shaken baby syndrome " murder case was delayed with 90 minutes to spare before his scheduled lethal injection early Thursday night, though the eventual twists and turns into the case extended late into the evening. Robert Roberson has...

Alabama Executes Killer Who Dropped His Appeals

Derrick Dearman used an ax and a gun to slay five people in a house

(Newser) - Alabama executed a man Thursday who admitted to killing five people with an ax and gun during a drug-fueled rampage in 2016 and dropped his appeals to allow his lethal injection to go forward. Derrick Dearman, 36, was pronounced dead at 6:14pm at Holman prison in southern Alabama, the...

Texas Board Denies Clemency in Shaken Baby Syndrome Case

Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening

(Newser) - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied a request for clemency for a man who this week could be the first person in the US executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. The parole board voted Wednesday against recommending that Robert Roberson'...

John Grisham: Texas May Kill an Innocent Man
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John Grisham: Texas May Kill an Innocent Man

Writer makes his case for Robert Roberson, scheduled to be executed on Thursday

(Newser) - Texas plans to execute an inmate named Robert Roberson on Thursday, and crime novelist John Grisham begins an op-ed in the Washington Post by asking everyone to say a prayer for him. The reason? "Roberson has spent the past 22 years on death row for a crime that perhaps...

The State Said Miller's Death Was Humane. I Watched It

Lauren Gill describes jerking, shaking during Alabama execution

(Newser) - The state of Alabama executed Alan Miller using nitrogen gas on Sept. 26. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said in a statement afterward that the execution "progressed as planned," with Miller making "slight movements associated with the dying process. ... the State proved once again that nitrogen hypoxia...

Glossip Has Unusual Ally in SCOTUS Fight

Both he and Oklahoma are pushing for new trial, citing prosecutorial misconduct

(Newser) - Glossip v. Oklahoma, a highly watched case before the Supreme Court, isn't quite what its name suggests. Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip is pushing for a new trial, arguing the one that resulted in his murder conviction and death sentence was rife with errors. But Oklahoma is of...

Texas Executes Man Who Fatally Stabbed Teen Twins

Garcia Glenn White also killed mother of twin 16-year-olds in 1989

(Newser) - A Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago was executed on Tuesday evening. Garcia Glenn White was pronounced dead at 6:56pm CDT following a chemical injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, the AP reports. He was condemned for the December 1989...

Country's 2nd Nitrogen Gas Execution Goes Forward

Alan Eugene Miller is put to death in Alabama

(Newser) - Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country, the AP reports. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:38pm local...

Oklahoma Executes Inmate Despite Parole Board's Vote

Gov. Kevin Stitt declined to intervene in Emmanuel Littlejohn's lethal injection

(Newser) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state's parole board to spare his life. Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was declared dead...

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