Tag: Criminal punishment
US judge may order Nevada to disclose lethal injection drugs
LAS VEGAS — A federal judge said Thursday he may order Nevada prison officials to disclose the type of drugs they would use for...
Texas inmate faces execution for killing his great aunt
HOUSTON — A Texas inmate convicted of fatally beating his 83-year-old great aunt nearly 22 years ago was scheduled to die by lethal injection...
Former jailer seeks clemency for one death row inmate
COLUMBIA, S.C. — If Richard Moore is executed, he will have some say in how he goes — the electric chair or the firing...
Softball teams in states with transgender bans get regionals
The NCAA named Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee as host schools for softball regionals on Sunday, bringing its postseason tournament to three states that have...
Tennessee inmate asks court to declare he can’t be executed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee death row inmate's attorneys on Wednesday asked a court to declare that he cannot be executed because he is...
Firing squad bill headed to South Carolina governor’s desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Legislation adding a firing squad to South Carolina's execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs is headed to the desk...
German government makes hate-motivated insults a crime
BERLIN — The German government passed a new law on Wednesday making hate-motivated insults a criminal offence that can be punished with a monetary...
Nebraska death sentences continue despite no execution drugs
OMAHA, Neb. — Three times in the past four years, Nebraska prosecutors have sought death sentences, and each time they have been successful. Within...
Egypt executes defrocked monk convicted of abbot’s killing
CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Sunday executed a defrocked monk convicted of killing an abbot in a desert monastery north of Cairo, officials said.
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Wandering cops shuffle departments, abusing citizens
St. Louis — Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his father. He got a job in Independence, Ohio, but it didn’t...