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• Court orders new sentencing for Ala. death row inmate

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  The inmate, who is in his early 60s, has been on death row since his conviction in 1986

• Death row inmate's attorneys say appeal ignores justice

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  An attorney said Friday that the state attorney general is valuing "proceduralism over justice" with an attempt to scuttle a resentencing agreement

• Ex-Ohio death row inmate from Scotland again accused of threats

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  Ken Richey has been accused of threatening two former judges who prosecuted his original case

• More benefits planned for some Okla. death row inmates

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  Some of the 44 death row inmates will be moved to a unit that gives them more benefits and access to the outdoors

• Mo. executes killer despite concern about painful death

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  Russell Bucklew was put to death at the state prison in Bonne Terre

• Governor denies clemency for Mo. death-row inmate

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  The governor turned aside concerns that the inmate's rare medical condition could result in what his attorneys fear will be a gruesome execution

• Attorneys fear Mo. inmate faces 'grotesque' execution

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  Attorneys for inmate with a rare medical condition say the tracheostomy tube he relies on to breathe increases the risk of a "grotesque execution process"

• Tenn. governor hands-off as AG moves for more executions

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  Tennessee, which performed three executions last year, was second only to Texas, which carried out 13

• Texas inmate executed for stabbing deaths of 2 stepsons

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  A Texas inmate who claimed he was intellectually disabled was executed Wednesday

• Tenn. AG seeks execution dates for 9 death row inmates

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  The move bucks the national trend of shying away from using capital punishment

• US court: Media should be able to hear Ariz. executions

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  The court also ruled that the media and inmates are not entitled to information about the origins of execution drugs or the qualifications of executioners

• Ohio appeals court: Feeling of suffocation during execution not unconstitutional punishment

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  Court ruled Wednesday that just because an inmate feels like he's being suffocated after a lethal injection, it doesn't amount to cruel and unusual punishment

• Calif. court won't block death penalty trials despite moratorium

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  The California Supreme Court refused Wednesday to block death penalty cases from proceeding during Gov. Gavin Newsom's moratorium

• Texas executes man who killed woman during spate of crimes

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  Mark Anthony Soliz, 37, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the June 2010 slaying of Nancy Weatherly

• Texas inmate set to be executed for killing woman in 2010

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  Mark Anthony Soliz, 37, faces lethal injection for the June 2010 slaying of Nancy Weatherly during a robbery

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