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Texas court delays execution of man on death row

Convicted murderer, death row inmate Nikko Jenkins pens handwritten motion to set execution date

A Nebraska death row inmate penned a motion expressing his wishes to dismiss past conviction appeals and to set an execution date.

UPI on MSN · 3h

Federal appellate court vacates Texas death row inmate's murder conviction

State prosecutors withheld evidence favorable to Brittany Marlow Holberg during her 1998 murder trial that resulted in her being sentenced to death, a federal appellate court panel ruled Friday.

CBS News on MSN · 17h

Texas court delays execution of man on death row for 32 years, days before he was set to die

A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of six girls and young women found buried in the desert near El Paso.

Idaho, death row and firing squad

Fox News on MSN · 1h

Idaho becomes first state to prefer death by firing squad for executions

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill on Wednesday making death by firing squad the preferred method for executions, and death by lethal injection the second preferred method.

Idaho Statesman on MSN · 4h

‘More humane’? Idaho becomes only state to prefer firing squad to carry out death penalty

Shooting prisoners to death has consequences for the reputation of the state,” a national death penalty expert said.

The Spokesman-Review · 2h

Idaho will be only state with firing squad as main execution method, after governor signs bill

Idaho will become the only state to fatally shoot death row inmates as its main execution method. Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday morning signed into law House Bill 37, which will make the firing squad the primary death penalty in Idaho.

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Louisiana’s Jewish community protests nitrogen gas death row executions, seeing a link to ‘the decimation of our people’

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

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Federal appeals court reverses conviction of Texas woman on death row after 27 years

The federal appeals court said the prosecution failed to disclose that a key trial witness was a paid informant.

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Suge Knight Questions Snoop Dogg Owning Death Row Records: ‘Show Me The Paperwork’

Former Death Row Records owner Suge Knight questions Snoop Dogg's ownership of the recording label he currently owns.

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Death penalty retrial reopens wounds in Cumberland County police officer’s 1994 killing

NEW CUMBERLAND - As he rolls up in his patrol car on 4th Street, there’s Will pinning a man down, nodding for him to move on ...

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