Tag: lethal injection
An Arizona prisoner is asking to be executed sooner than the state wants
PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona death row prisoner asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than...
Tennessee has a new execution method, 2.5 years after last scheduled execution abruptly halted
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than 2 years after Tennessee abruptly halted the execution of inmate Oscar Smith — admitting that correction officials...
Marcellus Williams executed in Missouri woman's murder amid strong innocence claims: AP
Missouri executed Marcellus Williams by lethal injection on Tuesday in the 1998 killing of a former newspaper reporter, according to the inmate's attorney,...
Texas man set to be executed for killing his infant son
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas man with a long history of mental illness who has repeatedly sought to waive his right to appeal...