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Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Updated with video; The Supreme Court of Georgia has granted a stay of execution for Warren Lee Hill on the issue of the Department of Corrections' change in the lethal injection protocol.

Saturday, July 14, 2012  Updated with video; The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles is set to hear from people seeking clemency for a death row inmate set to be executed next week.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  Counting down, US inmate nears execution in policeman's killing despite pleas in Europe.

Friday, September 16, 2011  The NAACP rallies to support Troy Davis.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011  Despite its ominous-sounding name, sodium thiopental is fairly common. While you won’t find it on the shelves of your local pharmacy, chances are if you’ had major or even minor surgery recently, the drug may have been inside your own body.

Monday, January 24, 2011  A judge rejected an attempt to delay a Georgia death row inmate's execution after his attorneys raised questions about the supply of a lethal injection drug.

Monday, September 27, 2010  After he attempted suicide, state authorities begin execution by lethal injection of convicted murderer Brandon Rhode at 9:14 p.m., according to Macon news media.

Friday, September 24, 2010  The Georgia Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay of execution for convicted triper murderer Brandon Rhode, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Friday, September 24, 2010  A Georgia death row inmate who attempted suicide hours before he was set to be put to death is asking state and federal courts to delay his execution again.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010  The Georgia Supreme Court delayed the execution Tuesday of a convicted killer who attempted suicide hours before he was to be put to death by injection.

Thursday, November 05, 2009  A federal court has denied the appeal of a Georgia death row inmate who argued he received ineffective counsel at his trial.

Friday, October 16, 2009  A Georgia panel will consider whether to grant clemency to a death row inmate who is scheduled to be executed next week for the 1994 murder of a Domino's Pizza manager.

Thursday, September 03, 2009  Texas AG drops case against former death row inmate convicted of killing 3 in 1985 bombing

Saturday, June 20, 2009  The NAACP has held a rally in Savannah aimed at sparing the life of death-row inmate Troy Davis, who was convicted of killig a police officer 20 years ago.