Execution
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Robert Gleason Jr.: Gov. McDonnell will not stop cellmate killer's execution
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Gov. Bob McDonnell says he will not block next week's scheduled execution of Robert Gleason Jr., a Virginia man who strangled two other prisoners and vowed to keep killing unless he was put to death.
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Manuel Pardo, former police officer, executed in Florida
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A former police officer who murdered nine people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected.
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Marvin Wilson executed: Texas man with 64 IQ put to death for murder
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Marvin Wilson, a Texas man convicted of killing a police informant two decades ago was executed Tuesday evening after the Supreme Court rejected arguments that he was too mentally impaired to qualify for the death penalty.
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Troy Davis executed after Supreme Court denies stay
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The state of Georgia has executed Troy Davis convicted of the 1989 killing of an off-duty police officer in a case that has drawn international attention, and protests.
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Mark Stroman executed for post-9/11 shooting spree
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Mark Stroman, who shot three people and killed one in a targeted attack against people of Middle Eastern descent after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was put to death late Wednesday night.
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