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Alabama had to call off an execution at the last minute after it was unable to lift a court order
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29 Apr 2017
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Lethal Injection
Arkansas execution spree ends after another man is put to death
28 Apr 2017
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cruel and unusual
US judge blocks plan to execute nine people in 10 days
15 Apr 2017
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Arkansas
Death row inmates file lawsuit to prevent executions of eight men in 10 days
29 Mar 2017
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Lethal Injection
US state plans to put eight men to death over 10-day period
25 Mar 2017
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Lethal Injection
Japanese zoo culls 57 snow monkeys for being crossbred with an "invasive alien species"
21 Feb 2017
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Ohio obtains hundreds of vials of lethal injection drugs so executions can continue
9 Jan 2017
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Lethal Injection
Pfizer blocks its drugs from use in US executions
14 May 2016
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Lethal Injection
Man who killed and drank the blood of a 12-year-old executed in Texas
7 Apr 2016
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Texas
Man due to be executed for murdering his two young daughters
30 Mar 2016
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Lethal Injection
Convicted murderer Romell Broom survived one execution but he now faces a second
16 Mar 2016
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Man who shot dead five people in 1997 rampage is executed
10 Mar 2016
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Lethal Injection
Georgia has just executed its oldest death row inmate
3 Feb 2016
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Lethal Injection
72-year-old man on death row in the US to be executed tomorrow
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Death Row
Man executed for raping and killing teenage girl 26 years ago
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Lethal Injection
"He can rot in hell" - Man who killed girlfriend and her two-year-old with a butcher knife is executed
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Execution
Utah politicians vote to bring back firing squads
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United States
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