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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Friday ruled that execution plans for Marcellus Williams will move forward, even as a prosecutor works to overturn his 1998 murder conviction.

Louisiana's recent push to resume executions has thrust religious opposition to the forefront, energizing a coalition of people from different faiths who oppose the state's plan to carry out death ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala.MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived the state’s previous attempt to put him to death by lethal ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana officials have unsealed a redacted version of the state’s execution protocol for nitrogen hypoxia, providing the first public look at how the state plans ...