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Missouri opts for untested drug for executions
The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned. Last ...
Efron leaves his comfort zone in 'The Paperboy'
Zac Efron felt uncomfortable filming his revealing role "The Paperboy" — and he says that's the way he wanted it. The "High School Musical" actor has moved into decidedly grown-up territory with the film by "Precious" director Lee Daniels, which screened Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival. It's a swampy ...
US state chooses untested drug for executions
The same anesthetic that caused the overdose death of pop star Michael Jackson is now the drug of choice for executions in Missouri, causing a stir among critics who question how the state can guarantee a drug untested for lethal injection won't cause pain and suffering for the condemned. Last ...
NAACP state chief back at Legislative Building
The leader of a North Carolina civil rights group arrested last year for disrupting a House session said Wednesday he and representatives of other groups are back at the Legislative Building to persuade lawmakers to work to benefit all citizens. The Rev. William Barber of the state chapter of the ...
Judge: Condemned woman should have verdict nixed
The judge who presided over the trial of a Texas woman convicted in an infant's death believes the guilty verdict should be vacated, noting that a key trial expert now says his information about the child's injuries was inaccurate. Cathy Lynn Henderson was convicted of capital murder in 1995 for ...
4 Western US states shielding part of executions
A U.S. appeals court ruled in 2002 that every aspect of an execution should be open to witnesses, from the moment the condemned enters the death chamber to his or her final heartbeat. The ruling established what was expected of the nine Western U.S. states within the San Francisco-based court's ...
2 condemned East Texas killers lose appeals
The convictions and death sentences of two men for murdering small children in East Texas have been upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Blaine Milam was condemned for the 2008 beating death of his girlfriend's 13-month-old daughter at his trailer in Rusk County. Evidence showed the child was ...
Young Hollywood stars strike out on own at Cannes
Vampires, Transformers, singing high-schoolers: They can all be tough to outrun. But at the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival, a number of young Hollywood stars are attempting to do just that. By striking out on their own, they hope to move their careers beyond mega franchises and toward more mature ...
Australia: No deal was made in Indonesia drug case
Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker. But Foreign Minister Bob Carr conceded that Indonesians saw a link between the treatment of Australian Schapelle Corby and young Indonesians ...
AP, news groups sue Idaho over execution access
The Associated Press and 16 other organizations sued the state of Idaho on Tuesday to force officials to let witnesses watch executions from start to finish, arguing that the media has a constitutional right to view all steps of a lethal injection execution. The group asked a U.S. District Court ...
Court asked to open Ariz. execution preparations
An advocacy group for the news media is asking a federal court to order Arizona to require that defense lawyers, news reporters and other witnesses be permitted to view initial steps in the state's execution process. A motion filed Tuesday by the First Amendment Coalition supports a request by death-row ...
NJ man charged in Tenn. Plot arrested again
A New Jersey man charged in a foiled plot to help Tennessee's only female death row inmate escape is accused of trying to orchestrate a mortgage scam in the Garden State. Donald Kohut Jr. returned to New Jersey after posting bond following his arrest in March on charges of scheming ...
US board: No clemency for Canadian on death row
The parole board in Montana on Monday recommended that a Canadian man on death row be denied clemency, saying "justice is best served" by continuing with the execution. Ronald A. Smith's case now goes to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who could either grant or deny him clemency or make no ...
Mont. board: No clemency for Canadian on death row
The Montana Parole Board on Monday recommended that a Canadian man on death row be denied clemency, saying "justice is best served" by continuing with the execution. Ronald A. Smith's case now goes to Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who could either grant or deny him clemency or make no decision at ...
Forensic pathologist, Innocence Project settle
A forensic pathologist who sued the Innocence Project for defamation has accepted a $100,000 judgment to end the suit. The Clarion-Ledger reports (http://on.thec-l.com/K4lnb8 ) that the Innocence Project said it agreed to the judgment because its insurance carrier wanted to settle. The group has helped free almost 300 wrongly convicted ...
Convicted NM deputy killer avoids death penalty
A man convicted of killing a Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputy avoided being sentenced to death Friday, and was instead given life in prison. After a Santa Fe jury deliberated for three days and failed to unanimously agree on the death penalty against Michael Astorga, a judge sentenced him to life ...
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Issue of death row inmate's treatment spurs debate
A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain has pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security and politics. Emails and memos obtained by The Associated Press show corrections officials struggling to reconcile their duty to provide medical care with the political ramifications of spending tens ...
News briefs from around Kentucky at 3:58 p.m. EDT
5 shot, 3 dead, in west Louisville neighborhood LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two shootings in a western Louisville neighborhood have left three people dead and police say two more have been hospitalized. An AP reporter on the scene saw three bodies Thursday afternoon. Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell said ...
Ky. weighed politics, medicine in inmate's surgery
A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate over security, politics and even the possibility of inviting scorn from Fox News pundits. Emails and memos obtained by The Associated Press show corrections officials struggling for a year to reconcile their ...
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