Derrick Dearman executed in Alabama and stay of execution for Robert Roberson in Texas
Two executions in two different US states were scheduled for Thursday evening at the same time – one death sentence was carried out, the other… Read more

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Two executions in two different US states were scheduled for Thursday evening at the same time – one death sentence was carried out, the other… Read more
On Tuesday evening, 61-year-old Garcia Glen White was executed by lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in Huntsville in the US state of Texas. Although… Read more
Once again, two death sentences were carried out in the USA on the same day – in Oklahoma by lethal injection and in Alabama using… Read more
Death sentences were carried out almost simultaneously in two US states on Tuesday – in Missouri and Texas. Texas On Tuesday evening, 38-year-old Travis Mullis… Read more
On Friday evening, 46-year-old Freddie Eugene Owens was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in the US state of South Carolina. It… Read more
On Thursday evening, 57-year-old Loran Kenstley Cole was executed by lethal injection in the US state. He was sentenced to death for the murder of… Read more
Within just five hours, the death sentences of Arthur Lee Burton and Taberon Dave Honie were carried out in the US states of Texas and… Read more
On Thursday evening, 64-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin was executed by lethal injection by the US state of Alabama. He had been found guilty by a… Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was scheduled to receive the lethal… Read more
On Wednesday evening, 41-year-old Ramiro Gonzales was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in Huntsville in the US state of Texas. He… Read more