Tag: execution
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Alabama prepares for its third nitrogen gas execution
An Alabama inmate convicted in a 1994 murder is poised to die Thursday in the state’s third nitrogen hypoxia execution this year. The emerging execution method, which involves breathing solely nitrogen gas through a mask while being deprived of oxygen, continues to draw concerns over the possibility of prolonged suffering and whether there is an…
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Robert Roberson, whose Texas execution was halted, may appear in person at legislative hearing
Robert Roberson, the condemned man whose execution was halted late Thursday because of an unprecedented legal gambit by Texas lawmakers, is expected to appear in person Monday at a legislative hearing in Austin, his legal representatives said. Roberson, who was set to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed for a “shaken…
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A death row inmate wrestled with guilt and addiction before his execution
ATMORE, Ala. — When Derrick Dearman entered Alabama’s execution chamber Thursday evening, he was the fifth man the state put to death this year. The difference between Dearman and the men who came before him is that he went to his death willingly. In April, Dearman, 36, dropped his appeals and wrote a letter to…
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Texas ‘shaken baby syndrome’ execution and One Direction’s Liam Payne dies: Morning Rundown
A Texas inmate is set to die in what would be the nation’s first execution involving “shaken baby syndrome.” One Direction member Liam Payne dies at the age of 31. And some meteorologists say they’re receiving hatred despite giving accurate forecasts. Here’s what to know today. Texas inmate set to die in first execution tied…
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Texas inmate Robert Roberson could be first U.S. execution for case of ‘shaken baby’ death
A condemned man in Texas is set to die this month in what would be the country’s first execution for “shaken baby syndrome,” a scrutinized diagnosis that has been successfully challenged in some criminal cases. After he filed a clemency petition with the state ahead of his execution, which is scheduled for Oct. 17, Robert…
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Alabama prepares to put inmate to death in second U.S. nitrogen gas execution
Two years after an Alabama prisoner was spared when staff members struggled to execute him by lethal injection, officials plan to try again Thursday — using the rare method of nitrogen gas. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, would be the second person in the country executed via nitrogen hypoxia, in which a person breathes only nitrogen…