#execution

3:37am, 12th April, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court will allow execution, Alabama still delayed as death warrant expired at midnight

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled early Friday that Alabama can proceed with the execution of a death row inmate whose lawyers argued that lethal injections had been botched in the past, causing a painful death and that execution by nitrogen hypoxia was a...

Alabama delays execution of man convicted of 1991 killing

1:29am, 12th April, 2019

US

Alabama delays execution of man convicted of 1991 killing

Alabama spared a death row inmate from the execution chamber shortly before midnight on Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court did not overturn a temporary stay by a lower court, state officials said.

U.S. appeals court stays Alabama execution of man convicted of 1991 killing

7:47pm, 11th April, 2019

US

U.S. appeals court stays Alabama execution of man convicted of 1991 killing

A U.S. appeals court temporarily stayed the execution in Alabama on Thursday of a man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas 1991.

Alabama man convicted of sword-and-dagger Christmas killing of minister faces execution

5:31am, 11th April, 2019

US

Alabama man convicted of sword-and-dagger Christmas killing of minister faces execution

An Alabama man convicted of killing a minister and wounding his wife with a sword and dagger while robbing their home three days before Christmas in 1991 faces execution on Thursday.

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist adviser

11:02pm, 28th March, 2019

US

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist adviser

An inmate who was part of a murderous band of prison escapees dubbed the "Texas 7" won a reprieve from his death sentence on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the state to allow a Buddhist spiritual adviser to accompany him to the execution...

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist advisor

9:36pm, 28th March, 2019

US

Supreme Court stays Texas execution to allow for Buddhist advisor

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate on Thursday, ordering the state to grant his request to allow a Buddhist spiritual adviser to accompany to him to the death chamber.

Supreme Court allows execution of Muslim inmate in Alabama to go ahead

11:49pm, 7th February, 2019

US

Supreme Court allows execution of Muslim inmate in Alabama to go ahead

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday voted 5-4 to allow the execution of an Alabama inmate, who wanted his imam to witness his death.

Turkey jails filmmaker for movie portraying execution of Erdogan

7:36am, 7th September, 2018

World

Turkey jails filmmaker for movie portraying execution of Erdogan

A Turkish filmmaker was convicted on Friday of membership of a terrorist group for a feature film that portrayed President Tayyip Erdogan having a gun pointed at his head as his family lay dead all around him, the state news agency said.

Nebraska carries out its first execution since 1997

12:18pm, 14th August, 2018

US

Nebraska carries out its first execution since 1997

Nebraska carried out its first execution in 21 years on Tuesday by administering a lethal injection to its longest-serving death row inmate, a man who was convicted of killing two taxi drivers in 1979.

Nebraska to carry out its first execution in two decades

5:53am, 14th August, 2018

US

Nebraska to carry out its first execution in two decades

Nebraska plans to carry out its first execution in 21 years on Tuesday by delivering a lethal injection to a man convicted of killing two taxi drivers in 1979.

Nevada condemned killer set to die as legal fight over execution drug is waged

10:07am, 11th July, 2018

US

Nevada condemned killer set to die as legal fight over execution drug is waged

A drug company is trying to block Nevada from using one of its drugs to execute a condemned killer on Wednesday, saying the state obtained the drug illegitimately.

Japan on alert after execution of doomsday cult founder

4:23am, 7th July, 2018

World

Japan on alert after execution of doomsday cult founder

Japan was on alert on Saturday amid fears that the executions of the former leader and members of a doomsday cult behind the deadly Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in 1995 could spark acts of retaliation by supporters or newly formed groups.