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Convicted Oklahoma Murderer Dies of Massive Heart Attack During Botched Execution
Convicted Oklahoma Murderer Dies of Massive Heart Attack During Botched Execution
Convicted Oklahoma Murderer Dies of Massive Heart Attack During Botched Execution
Convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was scheduled to be executed at 6:00 p.m. tonight (April 29). While authorities were administering the lethal injection they discovered the line into Lockett's arm had blown. Prison officials halted the execution and at 7:06 p.m. Lockett suffered a massive heart attack and passed away.
Leavitt Executed-Dead at 10:25am
Leavitt Executed-Dead at 10:25am
Leavitt Executed-Dead at 10:25am
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prison officials say convicted killer Richard Leavitt was calm and meeting with his attorneys and a few visitors on the day before his execution. KTVB reports prison officials declared Leavitt dead at 10:25 a...
Judge Signs Death Warrant for Inmate
Judge Signs Death Warrant for Inmate
Judge Signs Death Warrant for Inmate
BOISE -- A 7th District Judge has signed a death warrant for condemned inmate Richard Albert Leavitt, ordering that he be executed by lethal injection. Barring any last-minute court intervention, Leavitt will be executed on June 12. Leavitt was convicted in the July 18, 1984 brutal murder of 31-year-old Danette Elg in Blackfoot...
Emergency Appeal Filed To Stop Rhoades Execution
Emergency Appeal Filed To Stop Rhoades Execution
Emergency Appeal Filed To Stop Rhoades Execution
The attorneys for condemned Idaho inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades have filed an emergency appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court in hopes of staving off the execution set for Friday morning. In a 33-page brief to the court, Oliver Loewy and the other attorneys with the Federal Defenders of Idaho reiterated Rhoades' contention that Idaho's new lethal injection protocol is likely to be botched, causing him t
No Clemency for Idaho Death Row Inmate
No Clemency for Idaho Death Row Inmate
No Clemency for Idaho Death Row Inmate
The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole says it won't consider a clemency request from condemned inmate Paul Ezra Rhoades. Rhoades is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Nov. 18 for the murders of Susan Michelbacher and Stacy Baldwin in 1987...