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Man dies of heart attack after botched execution

By BAILEY ELISE McBRIDE and SEAN MURPHY McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate’s execution after a new drug combination left the man writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney. He later died of […]

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Inmate challenges Mississippi execution method

JACKSON – (AP) A federal appeals court has agreed to review a death row inmate's challenge to Mississippi's method of execution by lethal injection. Roger Thorson has appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

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Inmate executed for 17-year-old sex crime

PARCHMAN – A 61-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and repeatedly running over her body with his car was executed by lethal injection last Thursday at Mississippi‘s state prison in Parchman. William J. […]