FDA can't regulate death penalty drugs, Justice Department says
The Food and Drug Administration does not have jurisdiction over death penalty drugs, the Justice Department said in an opinion.
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Georgia inmate executed for killings 25 years ago
A Georgia inmate has been executed for the murders of two women in 1994, the state's Department of Corrections said.
2nd man to be executed in James Byrd Jr.'s 1998 dragging death
A man who helped orchestrate one of the most horrific hate crimes in modern American history -- the dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in East Texas -- is slated to die Wednesday over the objections of some of Byrd's relatives.
Tennessee inmate picks electric chair over lethal injection
A Tennessee man who murdered two people in 1984 was executed Thursday, becoming the first inmate in the United States in five years to die in an electric chair.
Nebraska carries out lethal injection with 4-drug cocktail
Nebraska carried out its first-ever lethal injection Tuesday, executing double murderer Carey Dean Moore, said Scott Frakes, director of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
Judge denies effort by German drug maker to block Nebraska execution
A federal judge Friday denied a motion by a German health care company that, if granted, would have delayed a Nebraska execution scheduled for next week.
