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Missouri Moves Forward With Inmate’s Execution Despite DNA Concerns

Missouri is scheduled to execute a death row inmate on Tuesday despite his unresolved claims of innocence, CBS News reported. Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed on Sept. 25. He was convicted in 2003 of the murder of Felicia Gayle, a social worker and former reporter. The murder took place in 1998 in […]

Noose used in largest-ever US mass execution will be returned to Minnesota tribe

The Minnesota Historical Society announced that the noose used in the largest mass execution in U.S. history will be returned to the Dakota Nation. After a 30-day notice period required by federal law, the society will return to the Prairie Islands Indian Community what is known as the Mankato Noose, which was used to hang […]

Alabama schedules second nitrogen gas execution

Alabama is scheduled to carry out its second execution using nitrogen gas, months after the state put a person to death for the first time using the previously untested method. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has set a September 26 execution date for Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of killing three men in a 1999 […]

Alabama court clears way for second execution via nitrogen gas

The Alabama Supreme Court authorized the state attorney general’s request for an execution date for inmate Alan Eugene Miller using nitrogen gas. The Alabama Supreme Court authorized the use of nitrogen gas on Miller, which will be the second time it is used for execution in the state. Gov. Kay Ivey (R-AL) has not yet […]

KY inmate who killed 3 children, raped their mother dies awaiting execution

A western Kentucky man on death row for killing three children, raping his mother and setting his home on fire has died, authorities said Tuesday. Kentucky Department of Corrections spokeswoman Lisa Lamb announced that Kevin Wayne Dunlap, 51, died Sunday after being taken to a hospital from the Kentucky Correctional Facility in Eddyville. She said […]

Alabama convict who robbed, killed elderly couple gets execution date

Alabama has set a May 30 execution date for a man convicted of murdering a couple during a robbery in 2004. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has set a date for Jamie Mills, 50, to be executed by lethal injection. The Alabama Supreme Court last week gave the governor the power to set an execution date. […]

GA man put to death for rape, murder in state’s first execution in years

A Georgia man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend 30 years ago was executed Wednesday night in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital and was pronounced dead at the state prison in Jackson at 11:03 p.m. He was convicted and sentenced to […]