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• Texas inmate faces execution for killing prison supervisor

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  Travis Runnels is facing lethal injection for the 2003 killing of Stanley Wiley

• Supreme Court keeps federal executions on hold

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  The justices blocked the Trump administration from resuming federal executions after a 16-year break

• Blind Tenn. inmate executed for woman's 1991 killing

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  Lee Hall chose the electric chair over the state's preferred execution method of lethal injection

• Texas death row appeal centers around comedian's video

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  Defense lawyers for Gabriel Hall argued a jury shouldn't have seen his 2015 interview on Comedy Central

• DOJ would take blocked executions to Supreme Court

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  A lawsuit stalled the first federal executions since 2003 has hampered the Attorney General's office

• Judge temporarily stops 1st federal executions since 2003

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  A lawsuit challenging new federal capital punishment procedures has stalled the proceedings

• Condemned Tenn. inmate’s supporters seek clemency

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  The support on behalf of Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman comes amid uncertainty that his death penalty sentence will be upheld

• Ga. executes man for 1994 murder

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  Ray Cromartie was executed for killing a convenience store clerk

• Texas appeals court blocks inmate Rodney Reed's execution

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  Texas’ top criminal appeals court on Friday halted the scheduled execution of inmate Rodney Reed

• Lawyers file new petition to stop Texas inmate's execution

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  In light of new evidence, the petition asks for the sentence and conviction to be voided

• Utah inmate facing firing squad dies of natural causes

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  Ron Lafferty, who was months away from execution, killed sister-in-law and her baby daughter in 1984

• Celebrities, family members ask Texas governor to halt inmate execution

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  In light of new evidence, Republican Greg Abbott is being asked to stop Rodney Reed's Nov. 20 execution

• Federal judge challenges how Conn. treats former death row inmates

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  A recent ruling says these inmates are held under 'cruel and unusual conditions'

• 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

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