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JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when it puts inmates to death, and his ruling could determine whether…
Read more Judge mulls arguments in Mississippi death penalty protocolHOUSTON — A Texas inmate seeking to stop his execution over claims of religious freedom violations and indifference to his medical needs is scheduled to die Wednesday evening…
Read more Texas to execute man for killing ex-girlfriend and her sonFILE – Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson stands as she and members of the Supreme Court pose for a new group portrait following her addition, at the Supreme…
Read more Jackson, in dissent, issues first Supreme Court opinionVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is bringing his message of dialogue with the Muslim world to the kingdom of Bahrain, where the Sunni-led government is hosting an interfaith…
Read more Pope presses Muslim dialogue in first papal visit to BahrainOKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody of a state death row inmate whom the bureau is refusing to hand over, with…
Read more Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to executeMcALESTER, Okla. — A 57-year-old Oklahoma man is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for killing his 9-month-old daughter in 2002, despite claims by his attorneys…
Read more Oklahoma to execute man for 2002 killing of infant daughterFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It wasn’t long ago that Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz would have been looking at a near-certain death sentence for murdering 17 people in…
Read more Parkland shooter’s life sentence could bring changes to law
