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Nov 16th 2022, 2:12 PM
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Alabama prison calls off lethal injection after struggling to access inmate's veins
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Sep 23rd 2022, 9:41 AM
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Alabama executes man despite objections of victim's family
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Jul 29th 2022, 7:28 AM
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Singapore executes disabled Malaysian man over drugs conviction
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Apr 27th 2022, 8:27 AM
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Mar 29th 2022, 9:41 AM
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Mar 4th 2022, 4:29 PM
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Japan executes three prisoners for first time since 2019
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Dec 21st 2021, 7:08 AM
America
Convicted murderer executed in Missouri despite pleas for clemency
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Oct 6th 2021, 7:43 AM
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Virginia becomes 23rd US state to abolish the death penalty
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Dec 11th 2020, 9:31 AM
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Jul 9th 2020, 8:26 AM
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Missouri executes man whose last words were to maintain his innocence
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May 20th 2020, 7:38 AM
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Saudi Arabia makes move to abolish death penalty for minors
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Apr 26th 2020, 6:37 PM
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Man who murdered 19 people at disability care home in Japan is sentenced to death
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I-95 KILLER
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Aug 22nd 2019, 7:25 AM
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The US government is to start executions again and five murderers have already been given deathdays
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Jul 25th 2019, 9:39 PM
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US mother asks that ex-husband who murdered their five children be spared death penalty
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Jun 12th 2019, 8:29 AM
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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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Apr 12th 2019, 11:09 AM
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Temporary reprieve for more than 700 death row inmates as California suspends executions
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Alabama executed a Muslim inmate and refused his request to have an imam in the chamber
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diplomatic tensions
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Dec 6th 2018, 9:16 PM
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Jul 27th 2018, 11:11 AM
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Jun 22nd 2018, 2:36 PM
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Apr 22nd 2018, 6:00 AM
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Almost 1,000 executions were recorded last year, including beheadings and lethal injections
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