April 20
ARKANSASexecution
Arkansas executes death-row inmate Ledell Lee
After a series of challenges to the U.S. Supreme Court failed, Ledell Lee was
put to death by lethal injection Thursday night in the 1st execution in
Arkansas since 2005.
Lee, who was sentenced to death
April 20
ARKANSASimpending execution
Supreme Court denies stay, more appeals possible
A divided Supreme Court has rejected appeals that would have put off the
execution of Arkansas inmate Ledell Lee.
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More appeals to the high court were possible Thursday night.
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April 20
ARKANSASimpending execution
Arkansas poised to carry out first execution since 2005
Arkansas was poised Thursday to carry out its first execution since 2005 after
officials scrapped the third of eight lethal injections that had been planned
before the end of the month
April 20
VIRGINIA:
Governor commutes death sentence of Virginia inmate Ivan Teleguz
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe called a 3:30 p.m. press conference to make a
public statement “regarding his review of Ivan Teleguz’s petitions for a pardon
and for commutation of his death
April 20
VIETNAM:
Beware Vietnam's Death MachineA closer look at capital punishment in the
Southeast Asian state.
One Thursday in July 2013, Barack Obama and his Vietnamese counterpart, Truong
Tan Sang, sat down in the Oval Office to discuss Thomas Jefferson. Sang brought
to
April 20
ARKANSASstay of 1 impending execution
Arkansas Supreme Court issues stay for death row inmate
The Arkansas Supreme Court has halted 1 of 2 executions set for Thursday,
saying the condemned inmate should have a chance to prove his innocence with
more DNA testing.
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April 20
TEXAS:
Texas man convicted in double slaying gets Supreme Court hearing MondayThe
U.S. Supreme Court, including its newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, will decide on
a legal technicality in the case of a Fort Worth man who killed a 5-year-old
girl and her grandmother.
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