Firing squad execution halted for Utah inmate
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A death row inmate who was set to die this week by firing squad has received a reprieve and is beginning a federal appeals process, state attorneys said Tuesday. Michael Anthony...
View ArticleUtah inmate asks to die by firing squad
February 10, 2012 -- Updated 0040 GMT (0840 HKT) (CNN) -- A Utah death row inmate, convicted of beating a man with a tire jack and puncturing his liver with an inserted tire iron, has requested that...
View ArticleUtah allows firing squad request to avoid execution delay
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Utah prosecutors have reluctantly allowed a condemned killer to seek execution by firing squad rather than by lethal injection, saying they want to avoid further delays in...
View ArticleUtah allows condemned killer's request for execution by firing squad
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah prosecutors have reluctantly allowed a condemned killer to seek execution by firing squad rather than by lethal injection, saying they want to avoid further delays in putting him...
View ArticleFla. lawmaker wants to bring back firing squads
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Saying it's time to stop letting convicted killers "get off that easy," a Florida state lawmaker wants to use firing squads or the electric chair for those on death row. Rep. Brad...
View ArticleFla. lawmaker files bill to bring back firing squads
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Saying it's time to stop letting convicted killers "get off that easy," a Florida state lawmaker wants to use firing squads or the electric chair for those on death row. Only on...
View ArticleFlorida lawmaker proposes firing squads for death row inmates
TALLAHASSEE - At least one Florida lawmaker wants to test the limits of cruel and unusual punishment with what he calls a "lead cocktail." Rep. Brad Drake, a Republican from the Panhandle town of...
View ArticleThe Condemned Man's Last Words
If you were to fall afoul of the law and were sentenced to death, would you have something clever and memorable to say when asked for your last words? Here for your consideration is a collection of...
View ArticleReady, aim, fire, says lawmaker, who wants firing squad used to execute...
TALLAHASSEE -- At least one Florida lawmaker wants to test the limits of cruel and unusual punishment with what he calls a “lead cocktail.” Rep. Brad Drake, a Republican from the Panhandle town of...
View ArticleFlorida state Rep. Brad Drake calls for firing squad to execute death row...
Stop letting death row killers die peacefully in their sleep; either shock 'em or shoot 'em, one Florida state lawmaker says. Rep. Brad Drake (R-Eucheeanna) filed a bill on Tuesday that would end...
View ArticleFlorida politician pushes to bring back the firing squad as lethal injection...
Saying it's time to stop letting convicted killers 'get off that easy,' a Florida state lawmaker wants to use firing squads or the electric chair for those on death row. Rep. Brad Drake, 36, filed a...
View ArticleUtah death row inmate seeks stay of execution
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A death row inmate is asking a Utah judge for a stay of an April 5 execution by firing squad while he pursues a review of his state conviction and sentence in the federal courts....
View ArticleExecution Science: What's the Best Way to Kill a Person?
The execution of convicted murderer Albert Greenwood Brown was called off Wednesday, in part because of continuing legal wrangling over the constitutionality of lethal injection in California....
View ArticleDeath penalty information
Oklahoman Death Penalty Information The death penalty law was enacted in 1977 by the state Legislature. The method is by lethal injection. The original death penalty law in Oklahoma called for...
View ArticleNebraska considers 1st execution since 1997
JOSH FUNK The Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. - If inmate Carey Dean Moore is put to death, it would be Nebraska's first execution since 1997 and its first lethal injection. Attorney General Jon Bruning...
View Article450 pounds and on death row: Inmate too fat to kill?
Weighing 450 pounds and on death row, Ohio inmate Ronald Post claims he is too fat to kill. In Ohio, the death penalty is lethal injection. However, Post believes that executioners will have a...
View ArticleArchuleta appeals conviction and death sentence in federal court
Michael Anthony Archuleta is taking the long fight to overturn his capital murder conviction, which condemns him to death, to federal court. He’s appealed five times in state court, all of them...
View ArticleACLU disputes Canadian’s lethal injection
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued in court on Wednesday that the method the state plans to use in the execution of a Canadian on death row is unconstitutional. The ACLU is asking...
View ArticleDeath-row inmate appeals conviction for killing Cedar City student
Michael Anthony Archuleta is taking the long fight to overturn his capital murder conviction, which condemns him to death, to federal court. He’s appealed five times in state court, all of them...
View ArticleUtah man scheduled to die by firing squad, wins stay
Michael Anthony Archuleta, 50, of Cedar City Utah, having exhausted all of his state appellate cases and was scheduled to die by a firing squad on April 5, 2012 has been issued a stay by U.S. District...
View ArticleTN may need a new way to execute Death Row murderers
Tennessee has 86 killers on death row and no way to execute them after the states supply of a key lethal injection drug was seized by the federal government. Now, Tennessee has to make a death...
View ArticleArkansas Supreme Court strikes down execution law
JEANNIE NUSS Associated Press= LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court struck down the state's execution law Friday, but did not deem lethal injection or the death penalty...
View ArticleFla. lawmaker wants to end lethal injection and bring back the electric...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Saying it's time to stop letting convicted killers "get off that easy," a Florida state lawmaker wants to use firing squads or the electric chair for those on death row. Rep. Brad...
View ArticleFlorida lawmaker wants to bring back firing squads
TALLAHASSEE — Saying it's time to stop letting convicted killers "get off that easy," a Florida state lawmaker wants to use firing squads or the electric chair for those on Death Row. Rep. Brad Drake...
View ArticleAttorneys claim Va. execution team does medicine, pharmacy, anesthesiology...
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia executioners who inject condemned inmates with lethal doses of drugs are illegally practicing medicine, pharmacy and anesthesiology without licenses, two Alexandria lawyers...
View ArticleArkansas high court blocks use of death penalty
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday ruled unconstitutional the law allowing the state to carry out the death penalty, siding with 10 Death Row inmates who argued...
View ArticleAlper: Virginia kills dogs more gently than this
Virginia prison officials made national news recently when they announced plans to use a new execution drug due to a shortage of one of the three chemicals that has been employed in the state's last...
View ArticleU.S. company to halt production of key lethal-injection drug
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