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Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Death row inmate Warren Lee Hill is scheduled for execution by lethal injection Tuesday evening at 7 PM for the 1990 killing of Joseph Handspike at Lee County Correctional Institute.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  Florida lawmaker wants to end lethal injection and bring back the electric chair or firing squads

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Days before his execution date, Marcus Ray Johnson's defense attorneys file documents regarding new evidence as a part of their new trial motion.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  Representatives are invited to advocate for clemency for condemned inmate Marcus Ray Johnson who was sentenced to death for a murder conviction in 1998.

Tuesday, February 01, 2011  Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards announced today that he will seek the death penalty for the accused murderer of a Dougherty County police officer.

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, February 08, 2010  A Georgia death row inmate who was convicted of killing his former girlfriend and another woman in a 1986 robbery at the Newton County grocery store where they worked is set to be executed this month.

Tuesday, December 08, 2009  Ohio prepares to execute condemned killer in 1st lethal injection in US using single drug