Category: execution

State: Alabama Nearly Ready With Untried Execution Method

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a death sentence later this month, a state attorney told a federal judge Monday. James Houts, a deputy state attorney general, told U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. that it is “very likely” the method will…


Operation Inchon | The Korean War Remembered Episode 7|Documentary

An official U.S. Army film, Operation Inchon covers the planning, execution, and follow-up of General MacArthur’s bold 1950 amphibious invasion behind enemy lines to recapture the capital of South Korea, Seoul. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV…


State Opposes Lawsuit to Block Execution of Alabama Inmate

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The state asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an Alabama inmate who is trying to halt his lethal injection later this month by arguing officials lost paperwork in which he selected an alternate execution method. The lawsuit by Alan Eugene Miller, who was convicted of killing three men in a…


Texas Executes Man for Slaying of Dallas Real Estate Agent

HUNTSVILLE, Texas—Texas on Wednesday put to death a man who fatally stabbed a suburban Dallas real estate agent more than 16 years ago, the second execution this year in the state. Kosoul Chanthakoummane, 41, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:33 p.m. He was condemned for…


Alabama Man Executed for Murdering Former Girlfriend

ATMORE, Ala.—An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago was executed Thursday night. Joe Nathan James Jr. received a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a stay. Officials said he was was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. after the start of execution…


Alabama Man Executed for 1994 Murder of Ex-girlfriend

ATMORE, Ala.—An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago was executed Thursday night. Joe Nathan James Jr. received a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his request for a stay. Officials said he was was pronounced dead at 9:27 p.m. after the start of execution…


Burma’s Junta Says Activists’ Executions Were ‘Justice for the People’

The ruling military of Burma, also known as Myanmar, defended its executions of four activists as lawful and carried out in the name of justice for the people. State media reported that “the punishment has been conducted,” but did not say when, or by what means. Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the military authorities had…


Alabama Court Sets Sept 22 Execution for 1990 Triple Killing

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—A mentally disturbed truck driver convicted of killing three men in a workplace shooting rampage more than two decades ago is set to be put to death on Sept. 22, the Alabama Supreme Court said Monday. The clerk’s office announced the scheduled execution date of Alan Eugene Miller, 57, who was convicted of capital…


Oklahoma Official Seeks Execution Dates for 25 Inmates

OKLAHOMA CITY—Oklahoma’s attorney general has asked the state’s highest appeals court to set execution dates for 25 death row inmates following a federal judge’s rejection of their challenge to the state’s lethal injection method. In 25 similar filings with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday, Attorney General John O’Connor wrote that the federal…


Arizona Executes Frank Atwood for 1984 Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl

FLORENCE, Ariz.—An Arizona man convicted of murder in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl was put to death Wednesday in the state’s second execution since officials resumed carrying out the death penalty in May following a nearly eight-year hiatus. Frank Atwood, 66, died by lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for his…