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Prayer vigil planned as South Carolina prepares to execute Stephen Stanko Friday
A prayer vigil for life is scheduled to take place in Columbia a few hours before South Carolina death row inmate Stephen ...
Death penalty pursuit against man charged in lawmaker shootings would be a rare in Minnesota history
The decision by federal authorities to charge Vance Boelter with both stalking and the use of a firearm for the murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark opens him up to a potential death ...
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Anti-death penalty advocates make plea to governor as 6th inmate in 9 months faces execution
On Thursday, a federal judge denied Stanko’s attorneys’ appeal to delay his execution over concerns of the effectiveness of lethal injection used on previous inmates. Stanko is set to become the sixth ...
Inside America’s Death Chambers
Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...
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South Carolina executes a man serving death sentences in two separate murders
A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.