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Ohio Killer to Be Executed With Method Untested in US

Jan 1, 2014 10:44 AM CST

Ohio Killer to Be Executed With Method Untested in US

Dennis McGuire will be put to death using 2-drug combination

(Newser) - Ohio will use a dose of two drugs untried in the US to put to death a condemned inmate who raped and killed a pregnant woman, according to a decision by the state prison system. The determination means the prisons agency was unable to obtain an unregulated batch of pentobarbital,...

Rarity: US Executions Fall Below 40 for Year

Dec 19, 2013 3:24 PM CST

Rarity: US Executions Fall Below 40 for Year

Opposition group thinks we might be in 'final chapter' of capital punishment

(Newser) - The Death Penalty Information Center's year-end report is out, and the number of US executions fell to 39 in 2013—just the second time that number has fallen below 40 in almost 20 years, reports USA Today . What's behind the drop? Difficulty in getting the necessary drugs, fewer...

Tennessee Apparently Quite Eager to Execute People

Dec 5, 2013 2:18 PM CST

Tennessee Apparently Quite Eager to Execute People

State requests execution dates for 10 inmates

(Newser) - Since 1960, Tennessee has executed just six people. If the state has its way, however, 10 more prisoners could be dead in the near future. Officials have asked the state Supreme Court for execution dates for the death row inmates, in what the Tennessean calls an "unprecedented push,"...

Execution Halted
Over Propofol Concerns

Oct 11, 2013 2:50 PM CDT

Execution Halted Over Propofol Concerns

Allen Nicklasson was scheduled to be executed in Missouri Oct. 23

(Newser) - Allen Nicklasson was scheduled to be executed Oct. 23, but concerns over the drug that was to be used has led Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon to halt the lethal injection, the AP reports. The convicted killer was to be the first person in the US to be put to death...

US' Busiest Executioner Nearly Out of Lethal Drug

Aug 2, 2013 7:23 AM CDT

US' Busiest Executioner Nearly Out of Lethal Drug

We're talking, of course, about Texas

(Newser) - Texas isn't just America's busiest executioner, it's the country's busiest by far, having put 503 people to death since 1976. (Virginia, at No. 2, has executed 110.) The state on Wednesday notched its 11th execution this year, and has seven more slated to occur before...

Missouri:
We May
Have to
Bring Back
Gas Chambers

Jul 5, 2013 3:26 PM CDT

Missouri: We May Have to Bring Back Gas Chambers

Attorney general warns state supreme court

(Newser) - If the Missouri supreme court doesn't start letting the state schedule lethal injection executions again—and soon—the state may be forced to revert to the gas chamber, Attorney General Chris Koster warned this week. The trouble began when drug companies started refusing to sell their products to corrections...

Calif. Holds Off on Executions for 6th Year

California Holds Off
on Executions
for 6th Year

May 4, 2011 3:21 AM CDT

California Holds Off on Executions for 6th Year

San Quentin warden asks for time to replace execution team

(Newser) - Officials in California have given up on efforts to resume executing convicts this year, meaning that the state will have gone at least 6 years without executions. A review of lethal injection procedures has been delayed until at least January because the new warden of San Quentin prison wants to...

UK to Ban Export of
Execution Drugs to US

Apr 15, 2011 8:26 AM CDT

UK to Ban Export of Execution Drugs to US

We 'needed to take the lead' on this, says Brit minister

(Newser) - The British export of three drugs used in US executions will be banned within a matter of days, according to officials. Pentobarbital, pancuronium bromide, and potassium chloride will all be blocked by the government, which is also urging a Europe-wide ban on sales of the drugs to the US. "...