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Court spares Pa. inmate from Wednesday execution

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 3rd

By MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The state's high court on Wednesday halted Pennsylvania's first scheduled execution in more than a decade, at least temporarily sparing the life of a man who says the two men he killed had molested him. With hours remaining until

Deer poacher convicted of killing Pa. game warden

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 2nd

GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Jurors who convicted a deer poacher of first-degree murder in the shooting death of a central Pennsylvania game warden must now decide whether to sentence him to execution or life in prison without possibility of parole. The Adams County panel deliberated for less than an

Court won't stop execution in Oklahoma

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 1st

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't overturn a death sentence for a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her infant daughter in Oklahoma. The high court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from Raymond Eugene Johnson. Johnson was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder by

Another manufacturer blocks drug for execution use

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 27th

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIERAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A manufacturer of the anesthetic blamed for Michael Jackson's death said Thursday it won't sell propofol for use in U.S. executions, a setback for Missouri and other states looking for an alternative after other drug makers also

Man once on death row faced financial problems

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 26th

By MITCH WEISSAssociated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Joyce Robbins wanted to know why her aunt wasn't coming to a big family barbeque. Mamie Brown and her husband, Joseph Green Brown, who was on Florida's death row for 13 years before his convictions on rape and murder were overturned

Texas executes ex-Army recruiter after 3 reprieves

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A former Army recruiter failed to win a fourth reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court and was executed Tuesday evening in Texas for participating in the shooting death of a woman he and a buddy met 10 years ago at a bar. Cleve Foster was

Former Army recruiter facing 4th execution date

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 25th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Former Army recruiter Cleve Foster went to the U.S. Supreme Court a fourth time, hoping they'd again postpone his execution that's scheduled for Tuesday evening for his role the 2002 shooting death of a Fort Worth woman he and

Texas inmate prepares for 3rd trip death house

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 23rd

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press LIVINGSTON, Texas (AP) - What Cleve Foster remembers most about his recent brushes with death is the steel door, the last one condemned Texas inmates typically walk through before their execution. "You can't take your eyes off that door," he says. But

Manning, Brown help Giants rout Panthers 36-7

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 21st

By STEVE REEDAP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Eli Manning didn't need a fourth-quarter comeback Thursday night. The two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, running back Andre Brown and the rest of the New York Giants finished off the Carolina Panthers way before that. Brown ran for

J.C. Penney shares plunges on short-term outlook

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 20th

By SARAH SKIDMOREAP Business Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - J.C. Penney & Co.'s stock was one of the market's biggest decliners Thursday after the department store chain told analysts that it expects its financial struggles to continue during the second half of the year. The retailer