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This undated photo provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. Alabama will be allowed to put Smith to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution under a new method the inmate’s lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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Federal judge says Alabama can conduct nation’s 1st execution with nitrogen gas; appeal planned
By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press
Wed,01/10/24-1:20PM , 48 Reads
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama will be allowed to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas later this month, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, clearing the way for what would be the nation’s first execution using a new method the inmate’s lawyers criticize as cruel and experimental.
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Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is accused of orchestrating the 1996 slaying of hip-hop music icon Tupac Shakur, appears in court for a hearing at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (Rachel Aston/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, Pool)

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Former gang leader charged in killing of Tupac Shakur is allowed $750K bail and house arrest
By KEN RITTER - Associated Press
Tue,01/09/24-12:02AM , 99 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge set bail Tuesday at $750,000 for a former Los Angeles-area gang leader charged with orchestrating the killing of hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur in 1996, saying he can serve house arrest with electronic monitoring ahead of trial on a murder charge.
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FILE — Oscar Pistorius, walks on his stumps during argument in mitigation of sentence by his defense attorney Barry Roux in the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. An appeals court found Pistorius guilty of murder and not a lesser charge of culpable homicide for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp more than a decade ago in a Valentine's Day killing that jolted the world and shattered the image of a sports superstar.(Siphiwe Sibeko, Pool Photo via AP/File)

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Oscar Pistorius and the Valentine's killing of Reeva Steenkamp. What happened that night?
Sun,01/07/24-5:03AM , 40 Reads
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Here's what to know about the night South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp more than a decade ago in a Valentine's Day killing that jolted the world and shattered the image of a sports superstar.
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Nebraska state Sen. Loren Lippincott, of Central City, sits at his desk on the floor of the Nebraska State Capitol, Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 in Lincoln, Neb.. Lippincott has introduced a bill to add asphyxiation by nitrogen to the state's method of carrying out the death penalty. The measure comes even as Alabama officials await a judge's ruling on a request to block its plans to become the nation's first state to carry out an execution by nitrogen gas. (AP Photo/Margery Beck)

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Nebraska bill would add asphyxiation by nitrogen gas as form of execution for death row inmates
By MARGERY A. BECK - Associated Press
Fri,01/05/24-4:33PM , 102 Reads
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