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  Wash. becomes 20th state to end death penalty

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  The court's decision converted the sentences for the state's eight death row inmates to life in prison without release

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  Tenn. inmate who took lethal injection case to court gets stay of execution

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  Execution plans remain on hold while the court decides whether the inmate had adequate representation

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  Tenn. Supreme Court rules lethal injection is constitutional

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  Following the ruling, a Tenn. death row inmate has chosen to be electrocuted, the inmate's lawyer said

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  Court to explore competency claim of ailing Ala. inmate

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  The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in the case of an inmate sentenced to death for killing an officer in 1985 but who can no longer remember the murder

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  Second of 2 Texas executions scheduled in 2 nights carried out

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  Daniel Acker was executed Thursday night for fatally running over his girlfriend in 2000

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  First of 2 Texas executions scheduled in 2 nights carried out

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  This will be the first time in six years that Texas has put to death two prisoners in two nights

• Vt. death row inmate expected to avoid death penalty

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  "There is no closure for the family and there never will be. They have agreed to do the plea deal and we as a family do not agree with it"

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  Prisons chief: Supplier error got Nev. its execution drugs

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  Hundreds of drug companies had previously refused to supply the state with execution drugs

• Second of Arkansas' 3 lethal injection drugs expires

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  Officials say their search for a replacement remains on hold until an execution secrecy law is expanded

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  Ohio judge sentences convicted killer to death at resentencing

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  Anthony Kirkland, 49, was convicted of killing two teenagers in 2010

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  Judge: Executions unlikely in Ark. before 2019

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  U.S. District Court won't hear trial challenging state's use of execution drug until April 2019

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  Lethal injection or gas? Ala. death row gets to choose

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  No inmate in the U.S. has been put to death with nitrogen gas before

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  Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit on California executions

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  A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit by news organizations seeking to let media and public witnesses view more of the process of executions

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  Nebraska executes first inmate since 1997

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  The state used a never-before-tried combination of drugs, which included fentanyl

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  Nebraska poised to carry out first execution since 1997

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  The state will use a never-before-tried combination of drugs including fentanyl

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