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Newsby Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2011

Ga. Cop Killer Executed, Proclaims Innocence From Gurney

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 4, 2011

California Won't Resume Executions This Year

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.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 12, 2011

Georgia Swaps Lethal Injection Drug

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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