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NEW YORK — Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all. A New York judge on Friday spared

Louisiana lawmaker proposes adding nitrogen gas and electrocution to the state’s execution methods

BATON ROGUE, La. — Louisiana’s infamous electric chair — dubbed by death row inmates as “Gruesome Gertie” — was last

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set a June execution date for David Hosier, who is

BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho man scheduled to be executed at the end of the month is asking a federal

BAY CITY, Mich. — A federal judge on Friday dismissed a criminal case against a northern Michigan man accused of

ATMORE, Ala. — As witnesses including five news reporters watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama, unless stopped by the courts, intends to strap Kenneth Eugene Smith to a gurney Thursday and

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith, who survived

WASHINGTON — Just a few months after he took office, Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a moratorium to halt federal

GREENVILLE, Miss. — A federal judge has overturned the death penalty conviction of a Mississippi man, finding a trial judge