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2017 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions

by Chris Eger

Lawmakers in the Magnolia State on Wednesday advanced a bill that would tap in a firing squad should lethal injection no longer be an option in the future.

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Charleston church killer sentenced to death

by Brian Seay

A federal jury sentenced Charleston church shooter and white supremacist Dylann Roof to death, less than a month after convicting him of 33 counts including hate crimes.

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Sentencing phase underway in federal Charleston church massacre case

by Brian Seay

The sentencing phase is under way this week for the man found guilty of shooting and killing nine parishioners during a Bible study at a South Carolina church in June 2015.

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2016 Mississippi House approves firing squad for executions

by Chris Eger

A Senate bill that started as a move to keep executioners' names secret has morphed into one allowing the use of a firing squad and has the Governor's endorsement.

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On Utah allowing death by firing squads…again

by Jeffrey Denning

Utah governor signed a bill to allow death by firing squad and I’m glad.

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Committee gives its approval to use firing squad for executions if needed

by Chris Eger

Following a spate of issues nationwide with condemned inmates and the lethal injection process, a committee of Wyoming lawmakers gave their stamp of approval to bring back the firing squad.

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Mississippi woman to be executed for shooting murder her son admitted to

by Brent McCluskey

A Mississippi woman has been sentenced to death and was scheduled to be executed last Thursday for the 1999 shooting murder of her husband that her son confessed to. Michelle Byrom, 56, her son Edward Byrom Jr., and his friend Joey Gillis, were all charged in a murder-for-hire conspiracy against the late Edward Byrom Sr. […]

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Death row murderer snores himself to sleep while given lethal injection (VIDEO)

by Brent McCluskey

As he entered the death chamber, 30-year-old Robert Garza blew his family and friends a kiss goodbye, said he loved them, and within minutes, was snoring. Garza was convicted of murdering four barmaids in a gun ambush, and 11 years after the fact entered into the death chamber, telling his family, “I know it’s hard […]

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