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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A federal appeals court halted the scheduled execution of a convicted killer in Texas on Tuesday so his attorneys can...

  The drug cocktail used to execute an Oklahoma inmate who writhed on the gurney before eventually suffering a massive heart attack is deemed too...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Some of the three drugs used in a botched Oklahoma execution this week never made it into the death row...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) -- A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the...

Atlanta (CNN) -- Twice-convicted killer Warren Lee Hill was granted final-hour stays of execution on Tuesday, his attorney said. The stays came from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Georgia Court of Appeals. "I think we were within about a half hour of the execution," said Brian Kammer, an attorney for Hill, whose supporters say is mentally disabled.