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Donald Trump Vows Death Penalty For 'Rapists, Murderers, Monsters'
Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the White House.
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Joe Biden Commutes Death Sentences Of 37 Federal Inmates Ahead Of Christmas
US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term.
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US Executes First Woman On Federal Death Row In 7 Decades
An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades.
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US Top Court Clears Way For Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.
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US Courts Block Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
A federal judge in Indiana blocked Tuesday's scheduled execution of convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row in the United States, to allow a hearing on whether she is too mentally ill to be put to death.
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US To Execute Only Native American On Federal Death Row For Murder
The United States is set to execute Lezmond Mitchell, a convicted murderer and the only Native American on federal death row, on Wednesday, despite opposition from the Navajo Nation, which says the government is infringing tribal sovereignty.
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US Resumes Use Of Death Penalty After Two Decades, Schedules 5 Executions
The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
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US Deaths By Police Gunfire On Track To Reach 1,000 In 2017: Report
Police officers across the United States shot 492 people dead in the first half of 2017, on track to approach 1,000 such incidents for the third year in a row, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
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US Death Row Inmates Appeal Injection Ruling
A group of Oklahoma death row inmates scheduled to die early next year filed notice on Tuesday stating they intend to appeal the ruling of a federal judge who says the state's new lethal injection protocol is constitutional.
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Donald Trump Vows Death Penalty For 'Rapists, Murderers, Monsters'
Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the White House.
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Joe Biden Commutes Death Sentences Of 37 Federal Inmates Ahead Of Christmas
US President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the death sentences of 37 of 40 federal inmates, taking action ahead of the return of Donald Trump who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term.
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US Executes First Woman On Federal Death Row In 7 Decades
An American woman who murdered a pregnant dog breeder in order to steal her baby was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday, becoming the first female to be executed by US federal authorities in nearly seven decades.
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US Top Court Clears Way For Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a stay on convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery's execution by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clearing the way for application of the death penalty for the only woman on federal death row in the United States, who doctors say is brain-damaged and mentally ill.
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US Courts Block Execution Of Only Woman On Federal Death Row
A federal judge in Indiana blocked Tuesday's scheduled execution of convicted murderer Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row in the United States, to allow a hearing on whether she is too mentally ill to be put to death.
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US To Execute Only Native American On Federal Death Row For Murder
The United States is set to execute Lezmond Mitchell, a convicted murderer and the only Native American on federal death row, on Wednesday, despite opposition from the Navajo Nation, which says the government is infringing tribal sovereignty.
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US Resumes Use Of Death Penalty After Two Decades, Schedules 5 Executions
The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
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US Deaths By Police Gunfire On Track To Reach 1,000 In 2017: Report
Police officers across the United States shot 492 people dead in the first half of 2017, on track to approach 1,000 such incidents for the third year in a row, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.
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US Death Row Inmates Appeal Injection Ruling
A group of Oklahoma death row inmates scheduled to die early next year filed notice on Tuesday stating they intend to appeal the ruling of a federal judge who says the state's new lethal injection protocol is constitutional.
