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A judge has scheduled a hearing for early next year to consider claims by Tommy Arthur that he is innocent in a 1982 murder. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 20076 http://wkrg.com/news/article/not_too_fat_to_die/19961/
Ohio has executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 19961 http://wkrg.com/news/article/child_killer_to_be_executed/18506/
Richard Henyard killed two children and their mother in 1993. more ]]> Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 18506 29.95017505728881 -82.11318969726562 http://wkrg.com/news/article/alabama_ag_calls_for_arthurs_execution/16707/
Troy King describes the Alabama Supreme Court's decision as "wrong as a matter of law and fact." more ]]> Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 16707 http://wkrg.com/news/article/thomas_arthur_execution_on_hold/16418/
The Alabama Supreme Court has postponed the execution of Thomas Arthur, which was scheduled for Thursday. more ]]> WKRG Staff/ The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 16418 34.7506398050501 -87.64068603515625 http://wkrg.com/news/article/appeals_court_wont_stop_thomas_arthurs_execution/16267/
The 11th Circuit of Appeals denied the 66-year-old Alabama death row inmate a stay of execution. Arthur is scheduled to die July 31st for a 1982 murder. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 16267 31.023517286053252 -87.49649047851562 http://wkrg.com/news/article/bishop_executed_for_hammer_attack/16246/
Dale Bishop has been executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman for his role in the claw hammer killing of Marcus Gentry. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 16246 http://wkrg.com/news/article/governor_denies_clemency_for_hammer_attack/16233/
Gov. Haley Barbour has denied clemency to condemned inmate Dale Leo Bishop, leaving his life in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 16233 33.91857725200028 -90.49781799316406 http://wkrg.com/news/article/appeals_court_denies_dale_bishop_again/16210/
A Mississippi death row inmate who claims lethal injection is unconstitutional because its too painful will be executed Wednesday evening, barring a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 16210 33.91943194771954 -90.49713134765625 http://wkrg.com/news/article/judges_ok_mississippi_executions/16162/
Federal judges rule that Mississippi's method of lethal injection is constitutional. Death rown inmates filed a lawsuit claiming it was too painful. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 16162 http://wkrg.com/news/article/lethal_injection_too_painful/15945/
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by four Mississippi death row inmates who claimed the state's method of lethal injection is unconstitutional because it could cause pain. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 15945 http://wkrg.com/news/article/swifter_executions_scheduled_in_mississippi/15616/
Planned execution of Dale Bishop to be the swiftest a death penalty has been carried out in Mississippi since the gas chamber. Changes in regulations in Mississippi aim at expediting inmate appeals. more ]]> The Associated Press Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:28:27 +0000 15616 32.30686672385539 -90.18539428710937