States set to execute five death row inmates this week

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47% : Read More Death row chaos after key witness makes bombshell confession hours before man's lethal injectionIt was South Carolina's first execution in 13 years, an unintended delay caused by the inability of state prison officials to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injections.To carry out executions, the state switched from a three-drug method to a new protocol of using a single sedative, pentobarbital.
43% : 'I'm not aware of any reason other than coincidence,' said Eric Berger, a law professor at the University of Nebraska with expertise in the death penalty and lethal injection.
40% : In Missouri, prisoner Marcellus Williams (pictured) is set to receive a lethal injection at 6pm on Tuesday for the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter, during a burglary of her suburban St. Louis homeJoseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, speaks at a rally to support Missouri death row inmates Marcellus Williams on August 21, 2024, in Clayton, MoWilliams' attorneys argued on Monday that the state Supreme Court should halt his execution over alleged procedural errors in jury selection and the prosecution's alleged mishandling of the murder weapon.
39% : Read More Three-hour death from botched lethal injection, the last meals of death row convicts and their last words: Grisly history of America's executionsIn a letter submitted to U.S. District Judge George Hanks in Houston, Mullis wrote in February that he had no desire to challenge his case any further.

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