Tag: Death penalty controversy
Colorado school gunman gets life with possibility of parole
A teen who told authorities that he launched a fatal shooting attack on his suburban Denver school last year because he wanted them to...
Iran’s top court halts death sentence of young protesters
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran suspended the execution of three young men who participated in a November protest after the country’s Supreme Court decided...
Mental fitness claim halts 2nd federal execution — for now
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A judge on Wednesday halted the execution of a man, said to be suffering from dementia, who was set...
Mental fitness claim halts 2nd federal execution — for now
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A judge on Wednesday halted the execution of a man, said to be suffering from dementia, who was set...
First federal execution in 17 years; another set Wednesday
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a...
Supreme Court clears way for execution of federal prisoner
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - The Supreme Court early Tuesday cleared the way for the resumption of executions of federal prison inmates, removing a...
Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection...
Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection...
Victims’ relatives most vocal opponents of man’s execution
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Family members of three people slain in Arkansas more than 20 years ago have been among the most vocal...
Judge blocks federal executions; administration appeals
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A U.S. district judge on Monday ordered a new delay in federal executions, hours before the first lethal injection...