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Man convicted of killing traveling salesman becomes first person executed in Florida this year

ustowner-013 2026-02-10 17:23

STARKE, Fla. — A man convicted of killing a traveling salesman he and his brother had met at a bar has become the first person executed in Florida thi[……] ....

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Florida man executed for 1998 rape and murder of his neighbor

ustowner-013 2025-10-28 18:29

STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man convicted of raping and killing his neighbor decades ago was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 15th execution in F[……] ....

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Arizona set to execute man who killed 4 members of a Phoenix family in 1993

ustowner-013 2025-10-16 23:50

PHOENIX — A man who was convicted of killing four members of a Phoenix family over 30 years ago as an act of revenge is set to be put to death Friday[……] ....

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American basketball player in Indonesia could face death penalty over alleged drug smuggling

ustowner-013 2025-05-16 03:57

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An American basketball player for the Indonesian league was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the cou[……] ....

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Texas prosecutor won’t seek death for gunman in 2019 Walmart mass shooting

ustowner-011 2025-03-25 20:09

A Texas district attorney said Tuesday he will no longer pursue the death penalty against the gunman who killed 23 people in a racially motivated atta[……] ....

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Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection

ustowner-011 2025-03-12 03:13

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die b[……] ....

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Trump blasts Biden’s federal death row commutations: ‘Makes no sense’

ustowner-011 2024-12-25 02:14

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his pledge to “vigorously pursue” the death penalty, taking aim at President Joe Biden’s decisio[……] ....

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