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US Carries Out Its 1st Execution of Female Inmate Since 1953
The U.S. government has carried out its first execution of a female inmate in nearly seven decades
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US Inmate Scheduled to Be Executed Tests Positive for Virus
An inmate scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus
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Report Finds Federal Execution Numbers Top States' for 1st Time
A newly released report says the U.S. government for the first time has carried out more executions in a year than all states that still conduct executions.
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US Carries Out Rare Execution During Presidential Transition
The Trump administration has carried out its ninth federal execution of the year in what has been a first series of executions during a presidential lame-duck period in 130 years
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US Executes Louisiana Truck Driver Who Killed Daughter, 2
Former trucker Alfred Bourgouis, who was convicted of beating his 2-year-old daughter to death while making a trip to Corpus Christi in 2004, would be the 10th federal death-row inmate put to death since federal executions resumed in July.
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Kim Kardashian Details ‘Hardest Call' With Brandon Bernard Before Execution
Kim Kardashian says she had a tearful conversation with convicted murderer Brandon Bernard just before he was executed for killing two people when he was 18.
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US Government Executes Killer Obsessed With Witchcraft
The U.S. government has executed a former soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to kill a Georgia nurse he believed had put a spell on him.
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Kansas Girl's Killer 5th Federal Inmate Executed This Year
A man who killed a Kansas girl more than two decades ago has been executed in Indiana, the fifth federal inmate put to death this year and second this week
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US Carries Out 1st Federal Execution Since 2003
After the Supreme Court’s decision not to stop the execution of Daniel Lewis Lee, the U.S. government carried out the first federal execution in nearly two decades on Tuesday.