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Ex-Cop Serial Killer Scheduled To Die

December 10, 2012

A former Florida police officer who asked for the death penalty after robbing and murdering nine people is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday.

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

February 7, 2012

"Kill me if you can, suckers." That was the taunting sign-off of a letter written to the Gastonia (N.C.) Gazette newspaper last month by convicted killer Danny Hembree Jr.

Families of Ky. Cop Killer Hurt Again

January 31, 2012

Monday marked a somber anniversary for the families of the officers who were murdered by Ralph Baze in Powell County, Ky.

No Calif. Executions Expected In 2012

November 3, 2011

California isn't expected to execute any of its death row residents in 2012, as the state's legal wrangling over the drugs used in lethal injections will likely continue throughout the year.

San Antonio Cop's Killer Executed

October 27, 2011

The street gang member who fatally shot a San Antonio Police sergeant and his wife after he "just went crazy" was executed tonight in Texas. Frank Garcia shot Sgt. Hector Garza in the head, he later told investigators, because he knew the officer would be wearing a ballistic vest.

Fla. Cop Killer Executed, Declared Dead at 7:15 p.m.

September 28, 2011

Manuel Valle, 61, was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison for the murder of Officer Louis Pena, who had pulled Valle over for running a red light in 1978.

Fla. To Execute Cop Killer 30 Years After Death Sentence Given

September 27, 2011

A man who killed a Coral Gables (Fla.) Police officer at a traffic stop is set to serve his sentence on Wednesday, eight weeks after his initial execution date. Manuel Valle is set to receive an injection of a new mixture of lethal drugs.

Ga. Cop Killer Executed, Proclaims Innocence From Gurney

September 21, 2011

Moments before state-administered lethal drugs ended his life, the man convicted of killing a Savannah police officer proclaimed his innocence from a gurney and asked for mercy for those about to kill him.

California Won't Resume Executions This Year

May 4, 2011

The request by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to delay review of newly revised lethal-injection protocols until January at the earliest follows a decision last week by Gov. Jerry Brown to scrap plans to build a new death row facility at San Quentin State Prison.

Georgia Swaps Lethal Injection Drug

April 12, 2011

Georgia corrections officials are considering using a different drug for lethal injections, possibly pentobarbital, after federal regulators seized the state's stockpile of sodium thiopental.

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