| 单词 | death chamber |
| 例句 | The documentary showed a sign over the door in the death chamber, which the rabbi had passed under many times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And with the restroom “death chamber” sealed off and walled up, offering no visible reminder of the bombing, it was almost as if it never happened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The prison had made arrangements for me to go back to the death chamber in about an hour to be with Herbert before the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I did not realize the trend of my subconscious thoughts until duty took me to the death chamber again and I stood on the edge of the rubber mat, within reach of the chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The third class on the boat is a death chamber. “I was in the rescue boat with them. I saw the dead bodies”: Documentary “Fire at Sea” captures the heartbreak of the migrant crisis 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z "How ya doin', Cecil? Do you need anything?" he said, and we shook his hand to meet him like we were at a business event, a grand opening of the death chamber or something. Our last visit, on death row 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z While Welles stayed in the death chamber, Stanton set up operations in a nearby room, behind the front parlor harboring Mary Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Already, The Buffalo Times had published a photo of the death chamber, his would-be executioner posing next to it. Paw and order: Dormie, the dog who went on trial for cat murder 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z This February 2000 photo shows the ‘death chamber’ at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. 6 countries that still use lethal injection to kill prisoners 2014-05-08T12:30:00Z We shuffled into the van and rode back toward the death chamber prison. What it’s like to watch him die 2014-02-27T00:00:00Z She leaves the death chamber observation room changed, and readers are likely to turn the final page of her story with new perspectives as well. School Newspaper Editor Bears Witness 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z A death chamber is not a problem, it reiterated, because the death penalty is legal in the United States and “the norms of our society are reflected in its laws.” There’s No Reason for an Architect to Design a Death Chamber 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The only shot that seems to excite Guadagnino in the sequence is the aftermath—the trail of blood on the floor that passes the death chamber’s mirrored door. Review: Luca Guadagnino’s “Suspiria” Is the Cinematic Equivalent of a Designer Che T-shirt 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The Israeli bomb shelter became a death chamber instead. Concertgoers who sought safety in bomb shelter were slaughtered by Hamas militants 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z He spent the next two decades appealing his punishment — hoping to avoid the death chamber by arguing that he is not a dangerous man but rather a mentally ill one who’d accidentally fired a shot. Jedidiah Murphy and the evolving debate on mental illness and capital punishment 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He watched a marshal pick up a death chamber phone, perhaps hoping Trump had commuted his sentence after all. Fuller picture emerges of the 13 federal executions at the end of Trump’s presidency 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z But this time, as the electricity pulsed through Kemmler's body, white smoke appeared and a "pungent and sickening odor" filled the death chamber. Alabama nitrogen hypocrisy: America's latest fantasy death-penalty solution 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z His path to the death chamber began in 1999 when, as an 18-year-old, he was jailed on a misdemeanor charge of pawning a rented stereo system. Missouri man executed for killing 2 jailers during failed bid to help inmate escape in 2000 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z The heartbreaking reality is North Korea is a death chamber entrapping its people in the unthinkable. Why a North Korean toddler’s Bible arrest offers a dire warning to America 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z His last scheduled execution, in September 2015, was halted just moments before he was to be led to the death chamber when prison officials realized they had received the wrong lethal drug. Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z An inmate in the US state of Georgia who was found dead covered in insects had been placed in "a death chamber" not a jail cell, say family members. Lashawn Thompson: US inmate died in insect-infested 'death chamber' 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The Idaho Department of Correction estimates it will cost around $750,000 to build or retrofit a death chamber for firing squad executions. Idaho poised to allow firing-squad executions in some cases 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The Idaho Department of Correction estimates that it will cost around $750,000 to build or retrofit a death chamber for firing squad executions. Idaho poised to allow firing-squad executions in some cases 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z The spree of 13 executions at a prison death chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana, during his last six months in office meant Trump oversaw more federal executions than any president in over 120 years. EXPLAINER: Biden inaction, mixed signals on death penalty 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Texas and other states, including Oklahoma, have begun allowing clergy inside the death chamber during executions following a U.S. Oklahoma prison officials: Pastor can’t be in death chamber 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Brad McCrae, Mr Thompson's younger brother, told the news conference that images of his body covered in insects were "horrific" and the cell "looks like a death chamber". Lashawn Thompson: US inmate died in insect-infested 'death chamber' 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Smith’s attorneys say the state strapped Smith to the death chamber gurney at about 8 p.m. and left him there even though the 11th U.S. Attorneys: ‘Botched’ execution caused pain and torture 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z In Oklahoma, after the botched execution of Lockett, state prison officials spent $71,000 renovating the death chamber, including $6,000 for an ultrasound machine to help members of the execution team locate veins. EXPLAINER: Why are states having lethal injection problems? 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Oklahoma has executed six inmates since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in October 2021 after a series of problems in the death chamber. Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to execute 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The three men in scrubs stopped their probing and left the chamber after there was a loud knock on a death chamber window from the state’s observation room, according to the court filing. Attorneys: Inmate endured ‘torture’ during execution attempt 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Kretzer said Ramirez’s spiritual adviser, Dana Moore, will also be able to hold a Bible in the death chamber, which hadn’t been allowed before. Texas inmate who fought prayer, touch rules to be executed 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Crow was inside the death chamber for the last four lethal injections in Oklahoma, including the October 2021 execution of John Marion Grant who convulsed and vomited on the gurney as he was executed. Oklahoma prisons director who oversaw executions retiring 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z If his execution had proceeded, Gonzales had asked that his spiritual adviser be allowed in the death chamber so she can pray aloud, hold his hand and place her other hand on his chest. Appeals courts delays Texas execution set for this week 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Gonzales, 39, has asked that when he is executed, his spiritual adviser be allowed in the death chamber so she can pray aloud, hold his hand and place her other hand on his chest. Judge: Execution can’t proceed without religious requests 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Supreme Court blocked his execution and agreed to take up his case to address the role of spiritual advisers in the death chamber. Judge keeps execution for inmate who sought pastor’s touch 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z The agency spent $53,600 in state funding on renovations, including the installation of bullet-resistant glass between the death chamber and witnesses, as well as a metal chair into which the inmate will be strapped. EXPLAINER: How South Carolina execution firing squad works 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z He had already had what was to be his last meal and was finishing communion before he was to be escorted to the death chamber. Tennessee gov: No new details yet why he canceled execution 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Moore’s execution date was set after corrections officials disclosed last month that they had completed renovations on the state’s death chamber in Columbia to accommodate the firing squad and also developed new execution protocols. Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z In April 2021, the Texas prison system reversed a two-year ban on spiritual advisers in the death chamber but limited what they can do. Judge: Execution can’t proceed without religious requests 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z He was confused, since he had been with Ramirez “feet from the death chamber” in the fall, and they had heard nothing from Gonzalez’s office at the time. Days after setting an execution date, a Texas prosecutor reverses course 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z The high court’s ruling came after the Texas prison system in April 2021 reversed a two-year ban on spiritual advisers in the death chamber but limited what they can do. Texas to review prayer, touch requests in executions by case 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In an extraordinary move on the night of Sept. 8, the Supreme Court stopped Ramirez’s planned execution as the inmate waited in a holding room next to the death chamber. Supreme Court says death row inmate entitled to pastor’s touch at execution 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z But the justices in an 8-1 decision rejected Texas’ defense of its policy of allowing an inmate’s spiritual adviser to be present in the death chamber but without speaking or touching the inmate. Texas loses high court case over prayer during executions 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The department notified state Attorney General Alan Wilson Friday that it is now capable of carrying out firing squad executions, having completed the necessary renovations to the state’s death chamber, according to a news release. South Carolina can now execute inmates by firing squad 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z According to officials, the death chamber now also includes a metal chair, with restraints, in the corner of the room in which inmates will sit if they choose execution by firing squad. Firing-squad executions get the greenlight in South Carolina 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Kretzer predicted that unless Texas created specific rules for what spiritual advisers can and can’t do in the death chamber, “we will be right back where we were before the ruling last week: litigation, stays.” Texas to review prayer, touch requests in executions by case 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z With an inmate moments from being led to the death chamber in September 2015, executions were halted after prison officials learned the wrong drug had been delivered for the lethal injection. Oklahoma used wrong drug labels during recent executions 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Another inmate was just moments away from being led to the death chamber before prison officials realized the same wrong drug had been delivered for his execution. Oklahoma set to execute man for role in quadruple slaying 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The Associated Press reported that he craned his neck to look a few times around the death chamber and grimaced and looked toward his left arm toward the intravenous line. Alabama killer executed for brutal murder of driver in 1996 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Farris, who was inside the death chamber for both executions, described the two lethal injections as being on "opposite ends of the spectrum." Oklahoma death row inmates seek firing squad as alternative to lethal injection 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z Farris, who was inside the death chamber for both executions, described the two lethal injections as being on “opposite ends of the spectrum.” Oklahoma death row inmates seek firing squad as alternative 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The judge did agree to Stouffer’s request that his spiritual advisor be allowed inside the death chamber during his execution, pending a background check. Oklahoma governor denies clemency for death row inmate 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The court’s impatience was also evident last week at an argument over whether an inmate’s pastor could pray with and touch him in the death chamber. The Supreme Court’s Growing Hostility to Arguments of Death Row Inmates 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The one time I was allowed inside a death chamber was as the State of Virginia took Joseph O’Dell’s life in 1997. Opinion | ‘Look at My Face,’ I Told a Man Before He Was Executed 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z It is only in recent years, he said, that the state banned spiritual advisers from the death chamber. Supreme Court seems split on condemned man’s request for pastor at execution 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Ramirez wants Moore by his side in the death chamber, to pray aloud and lay hands on him at the moment the inmate is executed by lethal injection. Supreme Court considers a minister’s role at the time an inmate is put to death 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has confronted the issue of ministers in the death chamber on several occasions in recent years. High court to hear Texas case about prayer during executions 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Nur, who opposes capital punishment, said he was moved by the atmosphere in the death chamber for Hall’s execution, given that the others present were “people who came to execute him.” Foes of death penalty offer spiritual support at executions 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Next month, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about a Texas inmate’s request that his pastor be able to touch and pray aloud with him in the death chamber. After Supreme Court Lifts Stay, Oklahoma Executes Inmate 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Last year, Barrett joined Kagan and the court’s liberals in saying states did not have the option of keeping spiritual advisers out of the death chamber. Supreme Court seems split on condemned man’s request for pastor at execution 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Ramirez in the interview said that was only because he knew he would see Moore in the death chamber, and he was using his time that day for phone calls with his family. Supreme Court considers a minister’s role at the time an inmate is put to death 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z The Alabama prison system has now said Smith will be able to have his pastor with him Thursday in the death chamber. Alabama man faces 2nd execution date this year for killing 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The reprieve came the same night of his scheduled lethal injection as he waited in a holding cell near the death chamber. Mental capacity at issue as Alabama man faces execution date 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has dealt with the presence of spiritual advisers in the death chamber in recent years but has not made a definitive ruling. Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Collier, No. 21-5592, the court will hear a request from a condemned inmate in Texas for his pastor to be able to touch him and to pray aloud with him in the death chamber. Back on the Bench, the Supreme Court Faces a Blockbuster Term 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z But he suggested prison officials could avoid constitutional problems by banning all spiritual advisers from the death chamber. Supreme Court considers a minister’s role at the time an inmate is put to death 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z Last Feb. 11 — while Smith was in a holding cell near Alabama’s death chamber — the state called off a lethal injection when the U.S. Alabama man faces 2nd execution date this year for killing 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z After the court halted Murphy’s execution, the Texas prison system banned all clergy from the death chamber. Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The ruling in Murphy’s case came after the court was criticized for declining to halt the execution of Alabama inmate Domineque Ray over his request to have his Islamic spiritual adviser in the death chamber. Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z In dissent, Judge James L. Dennis questioned Texas’ new policy, which permitted spiritual advisers to be present in the death chamber but prohibited them from touching or praying aloud with the condemned inmates. Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role in Death Chamber 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z In an extraordinary move on the night of Sept. 8, the Supreme Court stopped Texas’s plans as Ramirez waited in a holding room next to the death chamber. Supreme Court considers a minister’s role at the time an inmate is put to death 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z In recent years, the Supreme Court has granted stays halting several executions in Texas and Alabama over the presence of clergy or spiritual advisers in the death chamber. Texas man gets execution delay over pastor’s touch request 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court has dealt with the presence of spiritual advisers in the death chamber in recent years but has not made a definitive ruling on the issue. Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The high court’s review comes after the Texas prison system in April reversed a two-year ban on spiritual advisers in the death chamber but limited what they can do. Texas executions face delays over religious rights claims 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Alabama responded by excluding all spiritual advisers from the death chamber. Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role in Death Chamber 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z In April, the Texas prison system reversed a two-year ban on allowing spiritual advisers in the death chamber. Texas death row inmate seeks pastor’s touch at execution 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z The request by Ramirez, 37, is the latest clash between death row inmates and prison officials in Texas and other states over the presence of spiritual advisers in the death chamber. Texas man gets execution delay over pastor’s touch request 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Gutierrez was previously an hour away from execution in June 2020 when the Supreme Court granted him a stay because his spiritual adviser was not allowed to accompany him in the death chamber. Another Texas execution delayed on religious freedom claims 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Texas allows spiritual advisors inside the death chamber but Ramirez is seeking to have his Baptist pastor, Dana Moore, be allowed to touch him and pray aloud over him during the procedure. Texas death row inmate asks Supreme Court for stay over request for pastor to 'lay hands' during execution 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z A string of botched executions has kept the state’s death chamber quiet since 2015, and voters have since moved unevenly toward reform. Facing execution, Julius Jones seeks clemency — with help from an unlikely ally 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Supreme Court sided with his request to have his personal pastor with him in the death chamber. Alabama sets new execution date for inmate for 1991 murder 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Now, the men are planning one last meeting, in the death chamber where the state of Texas plans to execute Mr. Ramirez by lethal injection on Sept. 8. On Death Row in Texas, a Last Request: A Prayer and ‘Human Contact’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Before leaving for the death chamber, they would mark their belongings with the names of those who would receive their items. A Pause in Federal Executions, but Uncertainty About What’s Next 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z There was also confusion related to a new policy that allowed an inmate’s spiritual adviser in the death chamber. Agency: Texas execution held without media was ‘inexcusable’ 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z “There’s a litany of problems with the death chamber,” said Ron Kaz of Amnesty International USA. Anti-death penalty group protests South Carolina executions 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Arizona, one of 27 states where the death penalty remains legal, postponed executions after the execution of Joseph R. Wood III in 2014 by lethal injection, which prompted a review of the death chamber protocols. Arizona plans to execute prisoners with a lethal gas the Nazis used at Auschwitz 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The Guardian called some of the techniques used to test the death chamber's efficacy "astonishingly primitive," including checking its air-tightness by lighting a candle and holding it up against a sealed door and windows. Arizona to go forward with executions using the same gas the Nazis used at Auschwitz 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z But they were not escorted into a viewing room adjacent to the death chamber because a call was never made to summon them. Experts raise concerns after Texas execution without media 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z He also ordered the death chamber at San Quentin State Prison to be shuttered and suspended the state’s efforts to devise a method of lethal injection that would pass constitutional muster. Support for the death penalty is declining in California, poll shows 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Stinney, who would later be sent to the state's death chamber after a one-day trial, was the youngest person to be given the death penalty in American history. South Carolina set to return to firing squads following passage of GOP bill 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Bamberg also shared closeup photos of injuries like burns that inmates suffered during executions and described the sounds in the death chamber, Electrocution, shooting may end S Carolina execution impasse 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s decision to not allow clergy in the death chamber was criticized by death penalty opponents as well as religious leaders and advocates of religious freedom. Texas ends clergy, spiritual advisers ban in death chamber 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Northam, a Democrat, is set to tour the death chamber at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarrett before signing off on the new law that will ensure it is never used again. Va. governor to sign bill abolishing death penalty 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Northam scheduled a tour Wednesday of the death chamber at the Greensville Correction Center, then planned to sign the landmark legislation abolishing the death penalty. Virginia governor to sign legislation ending death penalty 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Northam scheduled a tour Wednesday of the death chamber at the Greensville Correction Center, then planned to sign the landmark legislation abolishing the death penalty. Virginia governor to sign legislation ending death penalty 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The court in 2019 halted the execution of a Texas inmate who claimed his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser was not allowed to be in the death chamber with him. Alabama to allow spiritual advisor at inmate’s execution 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z But audio from the death chamber to the media viewing room was switched off just prior to the injections, so journalists couldn’t hear if inmates groaned or complained of pain. Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z But he said states could solve the problem by excluding all outsiders from the death chamber. Supreme Court says Alabama cannot execute inmate without his pastor present 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z But they want him to go much further, from bulldozing the federal death chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana, to striking the death penalty from U.S. statutes entirely. Big challenge: Biden is pressed to end federal death penalty 2021-02-07T05:00:00Z It is the only federal prison with an active death chamber. Lisa Montgomery: Looking for answers in the life of a killer 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Like Montgomery’s, the crimes of the four others scheduled to be executed in December and January are horrifying, yet their paths to the death chamber exemplify a federal death-penalty system that is beyond repair. Opinion | Trump is rushing to execute inmates. We must raise our voices in protest. 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z South Carolina’s last execution was in 2011, when Jeffrey Motts, on death row for strangling a cellmate while serving a life sentence for another murder, abandoned his appeals and opted for the death chamber. South Carolina schedules execution but doesn’t have drugs 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Nelson’s execution was scheduled to be the fifth carried out this year by the federal government at the death chamber of the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. Judge halts planned Friday execution of Kansas girl’s killer 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The Supreme Court said it granted the stay pending a ruling by the high court on Gutierrez's petition on the issue of whether to allow a spiritual adviser to accompany him in the death chamber. Supreme Court halts Texas execution over religious-rights concerns after clergy barred from death chamber 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z Supreme Court blocks Texas’ 1st scheduled execution during pandemic to review state ban on clergy in death chamber. U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas’ 1st scheduled execution during pandemic to review state ban on cler 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, by policy, prohibits all religious or spiritual advisors from entering the state death chamber for an execution. Federal judge stays Gutierrez execution set for next week 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Texas’ death chamber is not a heavy traffic area and is isolated from all parts of the prison in Huntsville, and it is constantly cleaned, Desel said. Missouri execution would be first since pandemic began 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z An inmate facing execution Wednesday in the Texas death chamber for killing his family won a reprieve due to the coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus outbreak postpones Texas killer's execution 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z They were yelling obscenities, throwing fists and kicking at others in the death chamber witness area. Death row inmates' last words 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Abel Ochoa, 47, was executed by lethal injection and pronounced dead at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6:48 p.m. Texas executes man accused of killing five family members 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Abel Ochoa, 47, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas to execute man convicted of killing five family members in 2002 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z CST at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville for the murder of 40-year-old Stanley Wiley, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said in a statement. Texas executes inmate convicted of killing prison supervisor 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Travis Runnels, 46, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas to execute inmate convicted of killing prison boot factory supervisor 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “It took from 3 to 15 minutes to kill the people in the death chamber, depending upon climatic conditions,” he said in his affidavit. Nazi war crimes evidence comes to the Holocaust museum in Washington 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z “I am sorry for the hard times. And what hurts me is that I hurt y'all ... even y'all, too,” Sparks told family members who watched through death chamber windows. Texas inmate, after pleading intellectual disability, executed for killing, raping family 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z He was pronounced dead at 6:39 p.m. at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said in a statement. Texas man executed for killing wife and stepsons in 2007 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z During Morva’s execution, witnesses were not able to see him enter the death chamber so it was unclear when the process began. Lawsuit calls for full public view of executions in Virginia 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z What stayed with me all these years was the bleakness of the scene in the death chamber. Witnessing a Federal Execution 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z He is set to die by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. Texas to execute man convicted of murdering elderly woman and her... 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z A condemned Tennessee prisoner is waiting to hear whether he will be spared the death chamber after he claimed prosecutors illegally excluded African Americans from the jury pool. The Latest: Condemned man waits to hear if he will be spared 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Larry Swearingen, 48, who faced five previous execution dates over the past two decades, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. Texas to execute man convicted of abducting, strangling college... 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Dexter Johnson, 31, is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. local time by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in the city of Huntsville. Texas to execute man convicted of killing couple after carjacking 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z In an execution, the condemned prisoner is a known human being who is totally defenseless when brought into the death chamber. Opinion | The hidden victims of the death penalty: Correctional staff 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Mr Fitzgerald said the UK's policy of refusing to provide evidence that could lead to the death chamber was so clear to the world that it was part of the nation's common law. Islamic State 'Beatles' could be prosecuted in UK 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z A condemned Tennessee prisoner is waiting to hear whether he will be spared the death chamber after he claimed prosecutors illegally excluded African Americans from the jury pool. The Latest: Condemned man waits to hear if he will be spared 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z And he’s turned the lights back on in the federal death chamber. Opinion | Unless Democrats wake up, history could repeat itself 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z In other words, if a Christian inmate has a right to a chaplain of his faith in the death chamber, so must a Muslim. Last-minute execution decisions expose wide and bitter rift at Supreme Court 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Supreme Court stopped Texas from executing Patrick Murphy after his Buddhist spiritual advisor was denied access to the death chamber because he wasn’t on prison staff like other chaplains. Do condemned inmates get the last word through written statements? Not in Texas anymore 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Texas prison officials earlier this month also stopped allowing clergy in the death chamber. Texas stops sharing death row inmate’s final statements 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z King kept his eyes closed as witnesses arrived in the death chamber and never turned his head toward relatives of his victim. Texas executes 'avowed racist' behind brutal killing of James Byrd Jr 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Texas will bar clergy of all faiths from accompanying inmates into the death chamber after the U.S. Texas bans all clergy from death chambers after Supreme Court ruling 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Texas had allowed only state prison chaplains in the death chamber, and none were Buddhist. Last-minute execution decisions expose wide and bitter rift at Supreme Court 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Effective immediately, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice will only permit prison security staff into the death chamber, a spokesman said Wednesday. Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The Texas Department of Criminal Justice says effective immediately it will only permit security staff into the death chamber because of the high court’s ruling staying the execution of Patrick Murphy. Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z He agreed that Newsom had the right to grant reprieves to condemned inmates, but accused him of “flagrantly violating” the law by withdrawing an execution protocol and shutting down the death chamber. Charles Manson, Rose Bird, Caryl Chessman and California's wrenching death penalty debate 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z The court ruled that not allowing an inmate’s choice of religious adviser in the death chamber would be discriminatory. Texas bans all clergy from death chambers after Supreme Court ruling 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Prison officials built it in 2008 in an attempt to comply with a federal court order to improve death chamber conditions and training of execution staff. Things to know about California’s death penalty 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z His order also repeals California’s lethal injection protocols and closes the state’s never-before-used death chamber at a state prison. The Latest: California governor signs execution moratorium 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The 70-year-old Vietnam War veteran spoke his final words from inside the death chamber, telling people in an adjoining room that he loved them. Inmate’s son, grandson arrested amid outburst at execution 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z When he finished speaking, his son, a friend and a daughter-in-law became emotional, throwing fists and kicking at others in the death chamber witness area. Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Billie Wayne Coble, 70, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. local time. Texas to execute man convicted of 1989 murder of three in-laws 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z That meant having only correctional officials, which included the prison chaplain but not the imam who had been attending Ray, in the death chamber. Supreme Court’s execution decision animates critics on the left and right 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The judge ordered the state to keep the prison chaplain out of the death chamber during Ray’s execution. Judge says execution can proceed without imam present 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z CST at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, it added. Texas executes man for killing police officer in botched 1988 robbery 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z He gasped several times and began snoring inside the death chamber at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z He was put to death by lethal injection in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. Texas executes man convicted of 1993 murder 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Joseph Garcia, 47, is scheduled to die by lethal injection in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas ready to execute member of 'Texas 7' for policeman's murder 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Roberto Ramos Moreno, 64, was put to death by lethal injection in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, where he was pronounced dead at 9:36 p.m. local time, state correction officials said. Texas executes Mexican man for bludgeoning to death his family 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Asked if he had any last words in the death chamber, the inmate said, "Let's rock" shortly before the execution was carried out. Tennessee man's last words in electric chair: 'Let's rock' - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Chaos erupted outside Texas' death chamber Thursday night when the son of the condemned inmate pounded on the chamber windows, shouted obscenities and threw fists after his father spoke his final words. Chaos erupts, 2 arrested during Texas execution 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Asked by the prison warden if he had any last words in the death chamber, Zagorski said, “Let’s rock,” shortly before the execution was carried out. Man smiles, says ‘Let’s rock’ before dying in electric chair 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Asked if he had any last words in the death chamber, the inmate said, “Let’s rock” shortly before the execution was carried out. Edmund Zagorski says ‘let’s rock’ before electric chair execution in Tennessee 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The mix includes a compound used in flawed executions in Oklahoma and Arizona where witnesses said inmates twisted in pain on death chamber gurneys as drugs to halt breathing and cause cardiac failure took effect. Supreme Court with Kavanaugh clears way for Tennessee execution 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Daniel Acker, 46, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas to execute man convicted of strangling woman while driving 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Troy Clark, 51, was executed by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Texas executes man convicted of drowning woman, dumping body 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Troy Clark, 51, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas set to execute two convicted murderers this week 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Moore was brought into the death chamber shortly after 9am local time and, still standing, was asked if he wanted to say anything. Nebraska carries out America's first execution using opioid fentanyl 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Executions in Tennessee have been put on hold for years due in large part to lawsuits from death row inmates over the drug mix and death chamber protocols. Tennessee to execute man for rape and murder of 7-year-old girl 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “I was assigned to do a first-person account of what it’s like to be in the death chamber,” Graczyk said in an interview at his home between Houston and the state penitentiary in Huntsville. The reporter who has seen over 400 executions: 'The job is to tell the story' 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Not since Democrat Mike DiSalle spared six death row inmates in the early 1960s has an Ohio governor spared so many killers during periods when the state had an active death chamber. Ohio governor spares record number of death row inmates 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Nevada’s new death chamber is not airtight, prisons spokeswoman Brooke Santina said. Many options, few solutions after Nevada execution delays 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Just a chair, you think — until you realize it represents an electric chair in a death chamber. Review | Notes on three good one-man shows at the Fringe Festival, including a searing turn from Meshaun Labrone 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z In both cases, the states were unable to place intravenous lines and called off their executions while the inmates were on death chamber gurneys. Texas to execute 'ice pick killer' for rape and murder 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Ohio also called off the execution of convicted murder Campbell, 69, because death chamber personnel could not find a suitable vein in the inmate, frail from cancer and other diseases. Too frail for death row? Texas inmate seeks execution reprieve 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z There are seven prisons in Huntsville, including the Walls Unit, an imposing Victorian building which houses the death chamber. The woman who watched 300 executions 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Asked if he had any last words in the death chamber, he said simply, “Yeah, I’ve been drinking caffeine all day.” Georgia executes killer of off-duty prison guard 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z A tube that delivers the killing drugs through a wall appeared to pulse soon after the warden left the death chamber at 9:42. Georgia executes killer of off-duty prison guard 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Last year, Alabama executed a 75-year-old who had previously faced the death chamber seven times. Alabama executes Walter Moody, the oldest inmate put to death in the modern era 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The execution was called off while Hamm was on a death chamber gurney and medical staff could not place a line for the lethal injection. Alabama set to execute 83-year-old convicted bomber 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The last major poll in the state, in 2013, revealed that 74% of Texans supported the death penalty, so the death chamber is unlikely to be dismantled any time soon. The woman who watched 300 executions 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z A new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison provides for no public viewing of the "Infusion Control Room," where the drugs are prepared and administered, the suit said. California news media sue state to make public all portions of executions 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The botched execution prompted a federal court review of Alabama’s death chamber protocols. Alabama settles with inmate after botched execution attempt 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Rosendo Rodriguez, who turned 38 a day before the planned execution, was set to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. Texas to execute 'suitcase killer' for prostitute's murder 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Lawyers for Hamm called on the state not to try to execute him again and reached a settlement with Alabama in March that a legal source said would keep him out of the death chamber. Alabama set to execute 83-year-old convicted bomber 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z But when the conversation turns to the things she saw in the death chamber, sass gives way to vulnerability and it's not difficult to detect the toll it took. The woman who watched 300 executions 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z He later died in the death chamber of a heart attack. Oklahoma Turns to Gas for Executions Amid Turmoil Over Lethal Injection 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z States including Oklahoma and Arizona have also conducted botched executions that raised questions about death chamber protocols in the 31 U.S. states with the capital punishment. Alabama's aborted execution was botched and bloody -lawyer 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Battaglia smiled as the mother of his slain children, Mary Jean Pearle, and other witnesses to his execution walked into the death chamber viewing area. Texas man executed for fatally shooting his two daughters 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Liliane Sticher, who was present in the viewing room of the death chamber at the Huntsville Unit, said she saw the prisoner’s torso rise about 30 degrees after the drug went in. Texas to execute third prisoner this year amid reports of botched killings 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z When she least expects it, she'll see McGinn's mother, in her Sunday best, her hands pressed against the glass of the death chamber. The woman who watched 300 executions 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z Attorneys for a former Dallas accountant condemned for fatally shooting his two young daughters while their mother listened helplessly on the phone are hoping a federal court keeps him from the Texas death chamber. The Latest: Federal appeals court won’t stop Texas execution 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z States including Oklahoma and Arizona have also conducted botched executions that raised questions about death chamber protocols in the 31 U.S. states with the capital punishment. Alabama's aborted execution was botched and bloody -lawyer 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z William Rayford, 64, is set to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville for beating and strangling former girlfriend Carol Hall, 44. Texas set to execute man for murdering ex-girlfriend while on parole 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Anthony Shore, 55, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas 'tourniquet killer' set to be first U.S. inmate executed in 2018 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Now, Lyons wasn't only telling the people of Huntsville, she was telling the rest of the United States - and the world - what went on in the Texas death chamber. The woman who watched 300 executions 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z “A large percentage of the people that insist on representing themselves, particularly in death cases, are going to walk right into the death chamber,” Breyer said. Supreme Court critical of lawyer’s decision to concede guilt of client who claimed innocence 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Inside the death chamber that morning, prison officials spent more than an hour searching Mr. Campbell’s arms and legs for a vein into which they could inject the lethal drug cocktail. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z William Rayford, 64, is set to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville for beating and strangling former girlfriend Carol Hall, 44. Texas set to execute man for murdering ex-girlfriend while on parole 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Anthony Shore, 55, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas 'tourniquet killer' set to be first U.S. inmate executed in 2018 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z We met in a room where bodies are cooled after being hauled a hop away from the death chamber. Opinion | Joe Giarratano’s freedom came not a moment too soon 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z The execution team worked for about 25 minutes to find a vein in Campbell’s arms or his right lower leg as he lay on a gurney in the death chamber. Inability to find a vein results in execution being postponed 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Prison officials brought Campbell into the death chamber in a wheelchair and provided him a wedge pillow on the gurney, which was meant to help him breathe. Ohio execution called off after officials fail to find a vein for lethal injection 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z Anthony Shore, 55, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas to execute 'tourniquet killer' for serial rape and murder 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z TaiChin Preyor, 46, is set to be executed by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas set to execute man convicted of stabbing woman to death 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z After narrowly avoiding execution seven times, an Alabama inmate dubbed the “Houdini of death row” Thursday prepared for what might be his last appointment with the death chamber. Alabama's 'Houdini of death row' once again scheduled for execution 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Now Arthur, 75, finds himself once again caught in this grisly cycle, with only hours to go before his eighth and possibly final appointment with the death chamber. 'It's mind over matter': Alabama prisoner faces execution date for the eighth time 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Witnesses said the prisoner grinned as they entered the viewing area of the death chamber at the state prison in Jackson. Georgia death row inmate abuses witnesses at his execution - BBC News 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Anthony Shore, 55, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas to execute 'tourniquet killer' for serial rape and murder 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z TaiChin Preyor, 46, is set to be executed by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas set to execute man convicted of stabbing woman to death 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z He quits the profession with seven of the men he personally escorted to death row still sitting where he put them, awaiting the death chamber. The business of securing death sentences: 40 years and 28 men 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z A microphone inside the death chamber was turned off, so it was impossible for witnesses to tell if he was speaking. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z The drug was used in troubled executions in Oklahoma and Arizona where witnesses said inmates twisted in pain on death chamber gurneys. Coughing, convulsing and calls for probe after Arkansas execution 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z Lawyers for the four men executed by Arkansas in the past week were set on Friday to ask a federal judge to force the state to preserve evidence from its death chamber. Arkansas executions: death chamber evidence sought amid torture fears 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z The death chamber in nearby Varner is Arkansas’s ultimate clearinghouse for capital cases, the site of all of the state’s executions in the modern era of the American death penalty. In Area Near Arkansas Prison, an Execution Is ‘the One We’re Waiting On’ 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It also set off a series of legal filings that raised questions about U.S. death chamber protocols, troubled prosecutions and difficulties in obtaining lethal injection drugs. Arkansas plans fourth execution in about a week 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z And the business of turning a death chamber microphone on for an inmate’s statement but off for all other aspects of the event? Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Lawyers and other witnesses differed on what was happening to Jones after a death chamber microphone was turned off. What does the word ‘witness’ mean in an Arkansas execution? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Judge Baker also ruled against the inmates in a separate challenge over when the curtains to the death chamber should be opened, allowing witnesses in an adjoining room to view the execution. Arkansas Executes 2 Inmates, a First for Any State on One Day Since 2000 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The state built its death chamber in 1978, and Mr. Williams was born the following year. In Area Near Arkansas Prison, an Execution Is ‘the One We’re Waiting On’ 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z In Florida’s death chamber, an air conditioner runs so loudly that it’s difficult to hear noises with the microphone off. New issue in executions: Should the death chamber be silent? 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z The executions took place in the death chamber of the Arkansas state prison, Cummins Unit. Execution factory: Arkansas kills two men on the same night for the first time in nearly 17 years 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z So, too, do the guards who serve as an escort team between the inmates’ holding cells and the death chamber. What does the word ‘witness’ mean in an Arkansas execution? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The executions in the death chamber at the Cummings Unit, a state prison southwest of Pine Bluff, came four days after the state put to death another killer, Ledell Lee. Arkansas Executes 2 Inmates, a First for Any State on One Day Since 2000 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The prisoner, who had spent more than two decades on death row, had been pushed into the death chamber in a wheelchair having had one leg amputated as a result of diabetes. Arkansas carries out first double execution in the US for 16 years 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the Arkansas prison system, Solomon Graves, said he inherited a policy that limits what can be heard from the death chamber. New issue in executions: Should the death chamber be silent? 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z An Arkansas inmate who was executed Monday night was taken out of the death chamber temporarily after a judge issued a stay that delayed his execution. The Latest: Spokesman says inmate apologized to director 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Despite requests from the media since the 1990s, the Arkansas prison system does not let citizen witnesses watch guards escort the inmate to the death chamber or watch the placement of intravenous lines. What does the word ‘witness’ mean in an Arkansas execution? 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Officials said Williams was in the death chamber and on the gurney when word of the stay arrived. Arkansas carries out first double execution in U.S. since 2000 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Media witnesses inside the death chamber said the room was very quiet. Arkansas executions: first prisoner killed after legal challenge fails 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z As a result, doctors are making compromises in their care choices that are only being intensified by US prisons redirecting the chemicals towards the death chamber. States are stockpiling lethal injection drugs that could be used to save lives 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z A prison spokesman said Williams was allowed to leave the death chamber during the stay so he could use the restroom. The Latest: Spokesman says inmate apologized to director 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z But he vowed to “fight back”, as the state machinery moved seamlessly on to preparing its death chamber for the next two executions on Thursday. Arkansas' governor is 'fighting back' to execute five men in 10 days. But why? 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z They have been transferred to the Cummins Unit in south-west Arkansas that houses the death chamber and will soon be offered a final meal in cells a short walk from the gurney. Arkansas prepares for flurry of executions despite legal challenges 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Critics contend its rush to the death chamber was reckless and unconstitutional. Arkansas prepping for lethal injections despite halt from courts 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z The inmates argued the state's rush to the death chamber was unconstitutional and reckless. Arkansas Supreme Court grants stay of execution for one condemned inmate 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z The microphone was turned off in the death chamber at this point so any comments were not audible to media witnesses. The Latest: Spokesman says inmate apologized to director 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Davis himself spent all of Monday in a windowless cell just feet from the death chamber, watching the clock tick towards midnight, when his death warrant ran out. Arkansas' governor is 'fighting back' to execute five men in 10 days. But why? 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z District Judge Kristine Baker in Little Rock to halt their executions, saying the state's rush to the death chamber was unconstitutional. Doctor tells U.S. court drug not suitable for Arkansas executions 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z One detail of his years working in the death chamber stuck in his mind: the cause of mortality given on the inmates’ death certificates was always the same: “homicide”. Arkansas executioners will suffer like I did, warns former corrections head 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z After more than 25 years on death row, James Bigby, 61, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber at 6 p.m. local time. Texas to execute man for crime spree that left four dead, including baby 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z "His execution may be unconstitutional, but the courts keep trying to rush him to the death chamber instead of giving him a fair opportunity in court." Missouri man set to be executed for 1998 triple murder 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Terry Edwards, 43, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas set to execute man convicted of killing two in store robbery 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Supreme Court says it won’t hear the cases of three Alabama death row inmates, including a man who recently came close to the death chamber. Supreme Court refuses to hear 3 Alabama death cases 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Christopher Wilkins, 48, is set to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas set to execute man convicted of killing two over $20 drug deal 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z South Carolina's death chamber hasn't been used since 2011, in part because of a lack of availability for the drugs the state uses for lethal injection. With Dylann Roof as his own lawyer, sentencing to begin in church slayings 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z Its use was again questioned after an execution in Alabama this month of a convicted murderer who heaved and coughed after drugs were administered on the death chamber gurney for 13 minutes before dying. Arizona agrees to drop use of contested sedative in executions 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Oklahoma last year halted executions until it fixed problems that led to a troubled lethal injection in 2014 and the delivery of the wrong drugs to the death chamber twice in 2015. Death penalty gains new support from voters in several U.S. states 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s been almost 20 years since Nebraska’s last execution because the drugs for our state’s death chamber protocol are unavailable and because court decisions are trending against capital punishment. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z As long as court dockets are full, Parchman’s death chamber may stay empty. Analysis: Mississippi death penalty stalls as lawyers battle 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Barney Fuller Jr., 58, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville after waiving his final appeals. Texas to execute man who admitted to neighbors' 2003 slaying 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z “It’s like he’s basically saying because you are black you need to die,” Buck told his lawyers a few years later, by now on the eve of his appointment with the death chamber. Supreme court to address Duane Buck's 'racially tainted' death sentence 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The death chamber was crowded with the families of Camp Speicher victims who were invited to watch the executions. Iraq Executes Dozens for 2014 Massacre by ISIS 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z Located in southwest Alabama, the maximum-security prison houses Alabama’s death chamber and is badly overcrowded. Alabama prison again on lockdown after another disturbance 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z It was an extraordinary rebuke, all the more so because it was made so soon after the spectacle of the state-of-the-art death chamber. How Oklahoma’s execution protocol led to errors – and horrific consequences 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z He hears people approaching his cell and assumes they are his escorts to the death chamber. Review: ‘The Last Mile” is Baldacci’s latest thriller 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z He said the vehicle was like a “death chamber,” with its windows rolled up and doors closed. Sheriff: 3 dead after fleeing car plunges into Florida pond 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, halting the punishment about seven hours before Battaglia could have been taken to the Texas death chamber Wednesday evening. A federal appeals court has stopped the scheduled lethal injection of a former accountant set to die for gunning down his two young daughters in Dallas 15 years ago while his ex-wife - their mother - was listening helplessly on the phone 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Coy Wesbrook, 58, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. local time at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas set to execute man who killed ex-wife and four other people 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z On 10 October 2014, the state of Oklahoma threw open the doors of its maximum-security McAlester prison to reporters – the Guardian among them – to show off its brand new, state-of-the-art death chamber. How Oklahoma’s execution protocol led to errors – and horrific consequences 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z He was moved to a small holding cell outside the death chamber to await his scheduled lethal injection. Latest: No last-day appeals filed for Texas death row inmate 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z As the date approached, that seemed increasingly unlikely, and Cooper recalls being led into the death chamber that day. End to California execution moratorium raises controversial death penalty case 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z James Freeman, 35, was pronounced dead at 6:30 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, a prisons official said. Texas executes man who fatally shot game warden in gunfight 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Corrections staff would not permit photographs within the death chamber, built in 2008 and never used. Revealing death row 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The state has opposed a delay, arguing Brooks is using the lethal injection challenge as a last-minute ploy to avoid the death chamber. Alabama Supreme Court refuses to stop January execution 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z In an earlier court filing, the state accused Brooks, 42, of joining the ongoing litigation, filed by other inmates, as last-minute gamesmanship to avoid the death chamber. Alabama inmate asks judge to stay January execution date 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Raphael Holiday was put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville and pronounced dead at 8:30 p.m., a prisons official said. Texas executes man for killing three children in house fire 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z In 1976, as a young lawyer in Arkansas, she was part of a team that successfully fought to keep an intellectually disabled person, Henry Giles, from the death chamber. Hillary Clinton: death penalty used 'too frequently' in the US 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z A spokesman for the DoC confirmed to the Guardian that the FDA was continuing to block the execution drugs from reaching its death chamber, and said that the state was contesting the action. Death penalty states illegally imported drugs for executions despite warnings 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “I think my art already has had an effect on young people to not make the same mistakes,” said Reams, whose pencil-and-paper work “The Last Mile” depicts the path to his prison’s death chamber. Peek behind bars: Inmate art show depicts life on death row 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z "I think my art already has had an effect on young people to not make the same mistakes," said Reams, whose pencil-and-paper work "The Last Mile" depicts the path to his prison's death chamber. Peek behind bars: Los Angeles exhibit of inmate artwork depicts life on America's death rows 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z It must also provide notice of any changes that come to the state's death chamber protocols, while the state's Department of Corrections must establish that it can carry out executions under the established protocols. Oklahoma deal halts executions until well into 2016 or longer 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Escamilla, 33, is scheduled to die at 6 p.m. local time by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas to execute man who fatally shot Dallas police officer 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Oklahoma has overhauled its death chamber protocol after a lethal injection last year led to widespread criticism. Oklahoma used wrong drug in January execution: local newspaper 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Warner eventually faced the death chamber in January. Autopsy: Oklahoma executed inmate with wrong drug 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Juan Garcia is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. local time at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas plans to execute a man who killed, robbed victim of $8 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z He entered the death chamber at 8:52 p.m. The execution of Alfredo Prieto: Witnessing a serial killer’s final moments 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The state appealed, arguing that the information’s release could jeopardize security at the state’s death chamber, and the Supreme Court mostly agreed. Virginia’s contempt for transparency 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Lockett could be seen twisting on the gurney after death chamber staff failed to place the intravenous line properly in a vein. Oklahoma used wrong drug in January execution: local newspaper 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Richard Glossip, 52, is set to be executed at the state's death chamber in McAlester on Wednesday at 3 p.m. local time after unsuccessfully challenging the legality of Oklahoma's lethal injection mix. Oklahoma governor denies stay for man set to executed on Wednesday 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z In California, more prisoners have died of natural causes on death row than have perished in the death chamber. California court to consider if delays on death row violate US constitution 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Beyond that, the death chamber, and an empty white gurney with supports jutting out on either side for the patient’s arms. The execution of Alfredo Prieto: Witnessing a serial killer’s final moments 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Two months before the shooting, his father-in-law, Lester Leroy Bower, who spent three decades on death row for murdering a sheriff’s deputy and three other men, was executed in the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. A Police Rookie in Texas at 49, Seeking a Niche in Life 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Daniel Lopez was pronounced dead at 6:31 p.m. after receiving an injection at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville, a prison spokesman said. Kentucky clerk ordered to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z Anyone whose execution was on hold could again be sent to the death chamber. Death penalty is sought against James Holmes, but governor stands in the way 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z CDT after receiving a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, a prisons official said. Texas executes man for bludgeoning mechanic to death in robbery 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z We have been told that Prieto is in a cell adjacent to the death chamber. The execution of Alfredo Prieto: Witnessing a serial killer’s final moments 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Texas plans to put Russeau to death by lethal injection at its death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas to execute man for bludgeoning mechanic to death in robbery 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Three years ago, Fry’s former father-in-law lured him into a garage lined with plastic sheets - prosecutors called it a “death chamber” - and then shot him twice. Burned student survived 2012 attack by former in-laws 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z The high court Wednesday rejected last-ditch appeals from Lester Bower Jr. about 3 hours before he was scheduled to be taken to the Texas death chamber for lethal injection Wednesday evening. The Latest on Texas Execution: 67-year-old put to death 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z "Much has been said about this case. Much has been written about this case. Not all of it has been the truth," Bower, strapped to the death chamber gurney, said. Texas inmate, 67, executed for slayings 31 years ago 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z CDT after being given a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, a prisons official said. After three decades on death row, Texas inmate Bower executed 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Supreme Court last week that faults the sentencing, seeking to prevent the execution by lethal injection scheduled for 6 p.m. at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas set to execute man who has spent three decades on death row 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Supreme Court last week that faults the sentencing, seeking to prevent the execution by lethal injection scheduled for 6:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. After three decades on death row, Texas inmate set for execution 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z There was little floor opposition, despite advocates’ calls that there shouldn’t be secrecy surrounding the nation’s busiest death chamber. Highlights from around the Capitol 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z His 2007 photographic body of work titled Architecture of Authority pictured schools, the corridors of mosques, meeting rooms in the United Nations, segregation cells in Abu Ghraib and a capital punishment death chamber. Inside America's Juvenile Detention System 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Bower, 67, who has been imprisoned for more than 30 years, is set to be executed by injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. U.S. court denies motion to halt execution of long-serving Texas inmate 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The state’s existing death chamber at the shuttered Nevada State Prison in Carson City is not in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Nevada lawmakers approve money for execution chamber in Ely 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z The state’s existing death chamber at the shuttered Nevada State Prison is not in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Lawmakers split on funding new execution chamber in Ely 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Three inmates — members of a violent Richmond, Va., street gang — have been on death row since 1993, another sign of the slow, winding process from the courtroom to the death chamber. Boston Marathon bomber's wait on death row likely to be a long one 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Charles is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. local time at the state's death chamber in Huntsville for strangling the three. Texas set to execute man convicted of murdering three in Houston 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Garza, 34, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville. Texas set to execute man for murder of San Antonio police officer 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Garza, 34, is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas set to execute man for murder of San Antonio police officer 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Texas plans to execute Kent Sprouse, 42, at 6 p.m. at its death chamber in Huntsville. Texas to execute man who killed two in convenience store robbery 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z He learned hard-time lessons from luckless convicts who later made that long walk to the death chamber, hands shackled to their belts, a phalanx of guards in tow. Nevada barber lives by lessons from former clients on Georgia's death row 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z However, it is unclear when Bower may face the death chamber. Supreme Court lets Wisconsin’s voter-ID law stand 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z In his last words, Willingham said at the state's death chamber in Huntsville: "The only statement I want to make is that I am an innocent man - convicted of a crime I did not commit." Texas Bar seeks punishment for prosecutor in death penalty conviction 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Manuel Vasquez received a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:32 p.m. Texas executes 46-year-old man for gangland murder of woman 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z He is set to be put to death by lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas to execute gang member Vasquez for murder 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z The system sent a mentally impaired man to death row even though a jury, after hearing about his disability, narrowly voted to send him to the death chamber, and a judge made the final call. Three-Minute Briefing: To Sink Iran Nuke Talks, GOP Uses Faulty Torpedo 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The state received wide criticism and the troubles prompted the White House to say it would re-examine death chamber protocols in the country. Oklahoma House passes bill to use nitrogen gas for executions 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Donald Newbury, 52, is set to be executed by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. 'Texas Seven' prison escapee to be executed for policeman's murder 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z CST at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. Texas set to execute man for killing woman, setting her body on fire 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z CST at the state's prison death chamber in Huntsville after receiving a lethal injection, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Texas executes man for 1993 triple murder in San Antonio home 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z CST at the state's prison death chamber in Huntsville. Texas to execute man for triple murder in San Antonio home 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z Warner, 47, said he was poked five times and was quoted as saying: "It feels like acid," as he lay on the Oklahoma death chamber gurney with IVs in his arms, a prisons spokesman said. Oklahoma and Florida execute convicted murderers 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z In the April execution, inmate Clayton Lockett could be seen twisting on the gurney after death chamber staff failed to place the IV properly. Supreme Court allows Oklahoma to proceed with execution 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The execution “was like a horror movie,” witnesses said. The warden at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary described the inside of the death chamber as ”a bloody mess.” Oklahoma executes first inmate since botched lethal injection 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He was waiting to be escorted to the death chamber when the Lockett execution was botched that same night and Oklahoma put all executions on hold. Oklahoma, Florida set to execute inmates on Thursday 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He was to be executed on April 29, an hour after Clayton Lockett, whose execution was halted after his IV broke free and spewed chemicals and blood over the death chamber. Oklahoma plans for first execution since troubled lethal injection 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z But as night fell, she huddled with fellow hostages and worried that it would become her death chamber. Five hours of terror: The siege of a Paris grocery store 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Then they nicked an artery in the second try, spraying blood into the death chamber. Ways to make the death penalty more fair and humane 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Warner was waiting to be escorted to the death chamber when he found out his life would be spared — but only temporarily. Oklahoma executes first inmate since botched lethal injection 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Texas has the country's largest prison population and its most active death chamber. In Texas, exonerated former inmates network to help others like them 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z Since Lockett’s execution, prison officials have purchased new medical equipment and renovated the death chamber to give the executioners more room. Doctor Says Oklahoma Inmate Suffered in Execution 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, while attorneys for Williams asked jurors to invoke "Jesus' mercy" by sparing him from the death chamber and sentence him to life in prison instead. Texas jury considers death penalty in revenge plot killing 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z According to accounts from others in the death chamber, including execution team members, once the blinds were lowered, a doctor tried to set a second intravenous line, resulting in Lockett’s blood spraying the doctor’s jacket. Attorneys seeking to halt Oklahoma executions 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The case has drawn national attention to the state with the most active death chamber, where it is not unusual for those facing the death penalty to claim mental illness or disability. Texas stirs controversy with plans to execute schizophrenic man 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Since then, a new death chamber has been constructed and new regulations drafted on how to carry out lethal injections. California attorney general defends death penalty 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z That prompted state officials to renovate the death chamber and develop new execution protocols. Oklahoma court resets execution dates for 2015 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z His execution was halted about 15 minutes after it started due to the IV problems, which caused lethal injection drugs to leak into the death chamber. Court allows Oklahoma to delay executions due to lack of drugs 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, the state unveiled a larger, remodelled death chamber. Oklahoma to delay three executions 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The newly revamped death chamber cost Oklahoma taxpayers $106,042.60, including a new gurney, medical equipment and digital communications devices. Oklahoma delays executions again despite unveiling new death chamber 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Oklahoma unveils revamped death chamber after botched execution. Malala wins and other headlines 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The US state of Oklahoma has unveiled its newly remodelled death chamber, where at least three men are scheduled to be executed before year's end. Oklahoma unveils new death chamber 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Patton said a renovated death chamber will be ready next month. Oklahoma prisons chief expects November executions 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The next execution in Texas, home to the U.S.’s busiest death chamber, is scheduled for Oct. Texas Executes Woman for Murder of 9-Year-Old 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Oklahoma is having to delay its plans to carry out three executions, just days after it unveiled its new death chamber and bragged that it was ready to resume putting inmates to death. Oklahoma delays executions again despite unveiling new death chamber 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Trottie, 45, will be given a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas to execute man convicted of deadly shooting rampage 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Supreme Court to save him from the Texas death chamber. Condemned killer of 2 set to die in Texas 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Among the changes under way are a fresh coat of paint for the death chamber, new seating for witnesses and expanded medical equipment that includes a vein finder and EKG machine, Patton said. Oklahoma to draft new execution protocols in next two weeks 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Oklahoma will put future executions on hold until new procedures are in place as recommended in a report about a troubled execution that exposed shortcomings in the death chamber, officials said on Friday. Oklahoma to halt execution until new protocols in place: governor 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Last Thursday state officials declared “we will be ready” to restart executions on 13 November as they led reporters on a tour of the newly renovated death chamber. Oklahoma delays executions again despite unveiling new death chamber 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Prison officials halted the execution process and closed the blinds of the death chamber, blocking the view of witnesses. Roundup of Arkansas editorials 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Prison officials said they halted the procedure after having problems with the intravenous drip, which leaked the lethal injection chemicals in the death chamber. Activists, newspapers sue over blocked access to Oklahoma executions 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z As Joseph Wood lay on the gurney in Arizona’s death chamber, gasping and gulping, prison officials kept pumping execution drugs into the convicted killer’s system. Arizona inmate was injected 15 times with execution drugs 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z The questions over the use of lethal injection are further complicated by the horrific acts that lead inmates to the death chamber. America has a killing problem that has nothing to do with murder 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The transcript of the phone conversation between Wood's lawyer, a federal judge and Arizona state officials revealed both the primitive medical set-up inside the death chamber and the ignorance of officials about basic medical matters. Experts decry 'failed experiment' with new death penalty drug combinations 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z After exhausting all of his appeals in the federal and state judicial systems, Joseph Rudolph Wood III was taken to Arizona’s death chamber on Wednesday and a lethal injection was administered at 1:57 p.m. How did Arizona execution go wrong? 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Members of the press could hear sounds coming from the death chamber indicating pain and suffering, but they were unable to verify their exact source because they could not see what was happening. Activists, newspapers sue over blocked access to Oklahoma executions 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z OKLAHOMA: As Lockett continued to struggle on the gurney, the prison warden ordered the blinds lowered that allowed witnesses to see inside the death chamber. How Arizona, Ohio, Oklahoma, executions went awry 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z When fewer than one in 50 capital-eligible homicides leads to the death chamber, it is clear that capital punishment is rare. Life in Prison, With the Remote Possibility of Death 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z State officials in Georgia are putting the final preparatory touches to the death chamber at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison ahead of the scheduled killing of Marcus Wellons, 59, at 7pm on Tuesday. Lawyers fight to halt first executions since botched Oklahoma procedure 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Nine executions nationwide have been stayed or postponed since late April, when Clayton Lockett’s vein collapsed just as the drug began flowing into his arm in Oklahoma’s death chamber. 3 inmates set to die; previous execution botched 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Prison officials drew a curtain to cut off a view to witnesses about 15 minutes into the procedure, as Lockett was squirming on a death chamber gurney. Lethal drugs leaked in botched Oklahoma execution: report 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He said the chair, nicknamed Old Sparky, had been in a museum McAlester – a town of about 18,000 that is home to the state’s death chamber – until the corrections department took it back. Oklahoma town lays claim to 'Old Sparky' in battle over electric chair 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Bucklew, who came within less than two hours of execution, was held within 50 feet of the death chamber. Supreme Court sends Missouri execution case back to appeals court 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z He was to have been put to death by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. U.S. appeals court grants stay hours before Texas execution 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z “I am happy. The Lord prevailed,” Campbell said from a cell just outside the death chamber in Huntsville. Court halts execution over mental health claims 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z CDT by a lethal injection of the sedative pentobarbital at its death chamber in Huntsville. Texas plans first execution since Oklahoma's botched lethal injection 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Two minutes after prison officials began administering the drugs, a tube attached to a needle inside Landry’s right arm began leaking and shooting the drugs across the death chamber toward the witness room. When it comes to executions, Texas proudly gets job done 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z “Texas’s death chamber is a well-honed machine,” said Robert Perkinson, the author of “Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire,” a critical history of the Texas prison system. Facing Challenge to Execution, Texas Calls Its Process the Gold Standard 2014-05-12T14:55:19Z Prison officials covered the windows to the death chamber soon after as it became apparent there was trouble. Oklahoma prison report says collapsed vein behind botched execution 2014-05-01T21:56:41Z State officials then lowered the blinds to prevent people in the viewing gallery from seeing inside the death chamber. Botched Okla. execution raises alarms about death penalty 2014-04-30T15:47:00Z CDT at the Texas death chamber in Huntsville, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Texas set to execute man convicted of 2001 triple murder 2014-04-16T11:11:39Z “Texas’ death chamber is a well-honed machine,” said Robert Perkinson, the author of “Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire,” a critical history of the Texas prison system. When it comes to executions, Texas proudly gets job done 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Two minutes after prison officials began administering the drugs, a tube attached to a needle inside Mr. Landry’s right arm began leaking and shooting the drugs across the death chamber toward the witness room. Facing Challenge to Execution, Texas Calls Its Process the Gold Standard 2014-05-12T14:55:19Z Strapped to a gurney inside the death chamber, Hernandez-Llanas asked for forgiveness. Mexican National Executed for 1997 Texas Slaying 2014-04-10T01:33:31Z He was transferred after the trial to Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, home of the military’s death row and death chamber. Military Scours Gunman’s Past After Killings at Fort Hood 2014-04-03T13:01:10Z He is scheduled to die by lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville at 6 p.m. Texas set to execute man who killed food delivery woman with bat 2014-03-27T11:01:08Z Under the state protocol, 47-year-old Taylor will receive his last meal and be dressed in simple gray pants and a T-shirt and socks before being escorted to the death chamber. Teen's killer presses appeals as Missouri prepares his execution 2014-02-25T11:05:00Z Now, a team of defense attorneys from Los Angeles to Washington D.C., is again fighting to keep Taylor out of the death chamber. Looming Missouri execution turns spotlight on lethal injection drugs 2014-02-24T13:06:00Z Central Time at the state's death chamber in a penitentiary in McAlester. Oklahoma set to execute man for fatal stabbing of woman in 1988 2014-01-23T15:52:01Z As the lethal drugs flowed into his veins in the Ohio death chamber, Dennis B. McGuire at first “went unconscious” and his body was still, his daughter, Amber McGuire, said Friday. After a Prolonged Execution, Questions Over ‘Cruel and Unusual’ 2014-01-18T02:26:17Z They met Darby in a cell set aside for visits that was also near the death chamber. Texas jailhouse cobbler's short walk on freedom road 2013-12-22T12:30:35Z The number of people sent to the death chamber has been on a general decline since 1999, when 98 people were executed. U.S. executions drop in 2013 as death penalty concerns rise: report 2013-12-19T05:04:16Z Mr. Medellín was executed four months after the Supreme Court’s ruling in Hunstville, Tex., site of the state’s death chamber, the busiest in the country. Texas Plan to Execute Mexican May Harm U.S. Ties Abroad, Kerry Says 2013-12-12T03:43:31Z Lethal injection death chamber in prison, Huntsville, Texas, USA Even as doctors nurse the accused Boston bomber back to health, federal prosecutors in are considering whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death. Will the Boston Bomber Get the Death Penalty? 2013-04-25T10:50:22Z Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn that ruling and lift the stay of execution late Tuesday, less than 24 hours before Green could be taken to the death chamber. US Supreme Court refuses to block Texas execution 2012-10-11T13:30:00Z Last year, the court issued three reprieves, once moments before the recruiter, Cleve Foster, 48, was to be led to the death chamber. | Southwest: Texas: Ex-Army Recruiter Is Executed for 2002 Killing 2012-09-26T01:56:16Z And conditions in the death chamber are not conducive to organ recovery, said Mike Rosson, regional director of the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance. The Texas Tribune: Considering the Ethics of Organ Donations From Death Row 2012-09-08T22:51:29Z A federal judge that year halted executions until prison officials built a new death chamber at San Quentin Prison, developed new lethal injection protocols and made other improvements to delivering the lethal three-drug combination. California Death Penalty Ban Qualifies for November Ballot 2012-04-24T00:23:40Z He took my arm and conducted me to the death chamber. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z Yet in that limited period scores, perhaps hundreds, poured from the seething inferno—practically all that escaped from the lofty balcony that was a moment later transformed into the death chamber of helpless hundreds. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z He nodded acquiescence, and the servant led the way to the death chamber. A Life's Secret A Novel 2012-02-13T03:00:17.060Z But after all, men must die somewhere, some time, and it would be impracticable to transform every death chamber into a mortuary chapel. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z "Come in," said a feeble voice; and the visitor, though nearly stopped by the offensiveness of the room, stepped in, and found it a death chamber. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z Dorama's absence was discovered as soon as she was required for a ceremony in the death chamber as mother of the dead boy. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z The custom also prevails in the north of England, and in many families a special sheet reserved for the death chamber is kept for the purpose, and often used from generation to generation. Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects 2011-12-02T03:00:21.090Z So this was to be his death chamber, he thought? The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The State of Texas sends these people to the death chamber. Asked and Answered: Brian Price: Former Inmate Shares Tricks of the Trade of a Death Row Chef 2011-10-18T15:29:20Z These and many other little touches of character coming from the death chamber do not fail to paint the portrait of one of the greatest Popes the world has ever known. Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z It was over at 11:08, when authorities pronounced him dead and cleared the death chamber. AP Exclusive: State documents give a glimpse into final hours for Troy Davis before execution 2011-10-05T19:14:00Z Longtime friend Earl Redman, who said he’d known Davis since age 8, told the crowd Friday that during prison visits Davis would often say that he expected to die in the death chamber. Troy Davis, judged a murderer by courts, recalled as gentle and strong at Ga. church memorial 2011-10-01T01:49:04Z Minutes later, authorities closed the curtain on the death chamber. Continuing busy execution week in US, Ala. puts killer to death for store clerk?s ?94 slaying 2011-09-23T00:54:41Z We were led into a white van and, after passing through several security checkpoints, we were delivered to the squat white building on the edge of the prison that serves as the death chamber. Associated Press reporter describes witnesses Troy Davis execution in Georgia. 2011-09-22T06:32:01Z He proceeds to the death chamber, assures himself of, and instructs a notary to certify to, the fact that the Pope is really dead. Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z Vigils outside Georgia's death chamber were set and protests were planned. Judge Refuses to Halt Davis Execution 2011-09-21T21:45:00Z Three times before he's come within hours of being led to the death chamber, but after Georgia's parole board nixed his clemency bid on Monday his legal options are apparently exhausted. And if the state kills an innocent man today ... 2011-09-21T12:42:00Z Foster was meeting with one of his lawyers in a small holding cell a few feet from the death chamber when a Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman delivered the news. Supreme Court halts ex-Army recruiter?s Texas execution for 3rd time in rape-slaying of woman 2011-09-20T21:58:37Z The court on Thursday halted the execution for Duane Buck, 48, two hours into a six-hour window when he could have been taken to the death chamber. Supreme Court puts on hold Texas execution amid questions about role race played in sentence 2011-09-16T07:07:40Z The execution at Huntsville prison was delayed slightly by the final legal appeals, before Stroman was taken to the death chamber. Post-9/11 hate murderer executed 2011-07-21T04:09:13Z From the death chamber, Leal repeatedly apologized and then shouted “Viva Mexico!” as the lethal drugs began taking effect. Texas executes Mexican who said he should have gotten consulate help; White House sought stay 2011-07-08T07:06:17Z An hour later, husband and wife, hand in hand, ascended to the death chamber, where, with the moonlight full upon it, lay the tiny coffin, bathed in a silvery flood of light. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z A friend who attended the funeral remarked, lying in the death chamber, its limbs dangling and disjointed, a doll whose injured stomach gave out sawdust through a wide opening. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z The nun raised the dark fringes which had seemed a rebuke; but before she spoke, Father Barry was gone, vanishing behind the closed door of his mother's death chamber. The Higher Court 2011-06-27T02:01:00.213Z He oversaw one of the busiest periods in Texas’ death chamber. Looking Back on Life as a Death House Warden 2011-03-27T00:57:30Z Gunther was not afraid, and went with her into the death chamber. Stories of the Nibelungen for Young People 2011-01-30T03:00:15.690Z The house in which Luther died was restored towards the end of the 19th century, and his death chamber is still preserved. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z He had not entered the death chamber, and had only received the doctor's report; neither had he appeared upon Frau von Eschenhagen's arrival, but later on had spoken with the Chief Forester and Willibald. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Texas, with the country's busiest death chamber, has enough of the drug for 39 executions, but its supply expires in March, according to records obtained by the Associated Press through a public records request. FDA has helped two states obtain anesthetic used in executions 2011-01-13T01:09:21Z Since then, however, California has drafted detailed new regulations — approved this year — to guide executions, and it built a new death chamber at San Quentin, north of San Francisco. Judges Question California?s Motivation on Execution 2010-09-28T19:17:00Z Since then, however, California has drafted detailed new regulations — approved earlier this year — to guide executions and built a new death chamber at San Quentin, north of San Francisco. As Execution Nears, Deadly Drug Is in Short Supply 2010-09-27T23:27:00Z The state has since constructed a new death chamber and overhauled the selection and training of its execution team. Inmate Asks Court to Halt His Execution 2010-09-27T01:00:00Z Wearing a light blue prison-issued shirt and dark blue pants, Lewis looked anxious as she was led by officers into the death chamber at 8:55 p.m. Virginia executes Teresa Lewis for role in slayings of husband, stepson in 2002 2010-09-24T03:36:00Z Brown's lawyers argued that the judge should personally inspect the new death chamber and extensively review the new training procedures before allowing executions to resume. Judge Clears Way for 1st Calif Execution Since '06 2010-09-24T23:18:00Z In March, Ohio inmate Lawrence Reynolds overdosed on an antidepressant hours before he was to be transferred to the state's death chamber. Ga. Execution Delayed After Suicide Attempt 2010-09-21T21:09:00Z The death chamber at Huntsville, which carries out all Texas death penalties, is still the busiest in the nation. Death row dead? 2010-03-30T13:44:00Z Skinner, 47, was told about the reprieve as he waited in a holding cell next to the death chamber in Huntsville, Texas. DNA appeal halts Texas execution 2010-03-25T00:18:00Z Ernie Sanders, a spiritual adviser who met with Mr. Reynolds in prison, said he wanted to die alone, not in the death chamber. National Briefing | Midwest: Ohio: Execution After Suicide Attempt 2010-03-17T03:11:00Z He did not ask any questions, and I let him go into the death chamber unprepared. The Window at the White Cat When they opened the door of the death chamber, they paused on the threshold in astonishment. The Children of the World However, it will not be the first time I’ve spent a night on the bare boards; although I’ve never done so in a suicide’s cell, with the death chamber close at hand. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York At an appointed time all the relatives assemble in the death chamber, and preparations are made for the bathing of the corpse. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition The vault was quickly covered, and then roofed with brick; the earth was replaced and carefully levelled; thus all traces of the death chamber were obliterated, and the unfortunate victim was left to her fate. Roman Women The group gathered in the death chamber was more silent than before. An Isle in the Water One plate of his which always affects me is his Dead Mother, with the little daughter at the bedside, the cry of agony arrested on her lips, the death chamber exhaling poverty and sorrow. Ivory Apes and Peacocks We traverse the passage, up to the very door of the death chamber. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York To receive these calls the mourners, in full ceremonial dress, must sit in the death chamber and remove for each guest the covering from the face of the dead. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition All night long old women in the death chamber had mumbled incantations, and the droning was in her ears as she slept. The Missourian Danton and three of his friends had an errand at the Government that day that took them past the death chamber. Orphans of the Storm In the gray light of that morning, I went down to the death chamber. Mabel's Mistake And then there is the constant whirr-whirr-whirring of the dynamo next door, and the death chamber at our backs. Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York Scarcely had Mellen disappeared when the door which connected the death chamber with a small inner room was pushed open, and a pale, wild face looked in. A Noble Woman It was also stated that hysterical lamentations in the death chamber would produce the same effect. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings As we see him pass into the Tribunal, let us stop for a moment and watch the procedure in the death chamber. Orphans of the Storm The common soldiers were then, in groups of about twenty, brought into the death chamber, and tenderly he bade them adieu. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots And as he chose to investigate it at that moment the superintendent led the way to the death chamber forthwith. Cleek, the Master Detective Dora followed Trimmer’s lead up the stairs, and entered the death chamber with noiseless tread. The Scarlet Feather She declared herself horrified, and dared not to enter the death chamber. The Seven Secrets Full long shall be the interval 75 betwixt the bright Utopia and the heavenly reality:––the dungeon, the Storm, the death chamber and e’en the shining axe shall intervene. Orphans of the Storm The Swahilis assumed an unaccustomed silence, and the busy, noisy camp was like a death chamber. The Explorer This to the plain-clothes officer before the door of the death chamber. Cleek, the Master Detective The mattress which had been put out in the hot sun for two days had been brought in, and order had been restored to the death chamber. The Wind Before the Dawn Thus reassured, Mr. Bronson was calm, even if somewhat tragic in calmness, when he entered the death chamber with the doctor. The Brown Mouse Henriette is borne shrieking out to the 159 death chamber––“One hour with her––only one hour––then I will go with him!” Orphans of the Storm Coming here is like passing from a birth and death chamber into a theatre, where, if the actors have lives of their own, apart from mummery, it is their business not to show them. A Poor Man's House The dying daylight crept slowly from the room, making an exit as furtive and suppressed as that of one who steals from a death chamber. Tongues of Conscience In that first hour after her return from Aunt Susan’s death chamber she had meditated flight. The Wind Before the Dawn In an earlier chapter I placed you in imagination in the darkened death chamber, looking on the face of your dead and feeling the keen pressure of the inevitable questions: What has happened to him? The Gospel of the Hereafter She had crept into the death chamber and sat by the bier for three hours. The Goose Man She led them up two flights and into the death chamber, which was heavily hung with black and the windows darkened. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette He then entered the death chamber, accompanied only by the three apostles and the parents of the girl. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern Ensued a long silence; at length, by common consent the inquest was adjourned, and the members of the jury returned to the bunk-room, quiet and solemn as men entering a death chamber. The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier That death chamber is the best place on earth for solemn thought about the Hereafter. The Gospel of the Hereafter When they carried the empty coffin into the death chamber, he burrowed his face into the corner of the sofa. The Goose Man I think I may be excused my temporary forgetfulness of the moan which had brought me to Forbes' death chamber. The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette In a dull way they realized that they probably could not survive more than two or three maddening hours in that death chamber. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service They did not like the easier and more effective method of disposing of undesirables, the instantaneous death chamber they now use. Invaders from the Infinite The murderer had left not the slightest trace of his identity or his manner of entrance to the death chamber. The Winning Clue When the doctor came, a little later, Ben went with him into the death chamber. The Colonel's Dream They entered with a vague feeling of gloom, as if about to step into a death chamber. The Substitute Prisoner "In the death chamber for a moment Death, Blush'd to annihilation!" Early Reviews of English Poets The President reverently entered the death chamber and stood for fifteen minutes holding the hand of his brilliant young commander. The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis One or more priests are present invariably in the death chamber. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir The stench of the death chamber either clung to them, or was wafted from another point, and Raf gagged as an especially foul blast caught him full in the face. Star Born I fling on the helmet and we start into the death chamber, but suddenly a string is loose—will the respirator work? With Our Soldiers in France When Delphine entered what was soon to be the death chamber, Chopin's sister Louise and a few of his most intimate friends were gathered there. The Loves of Great Composers She spent more time than ever in the room which, waiting for its roving tenant, became more and more like a death chamber. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe On one occasion I saw a male priest take up his stand at the door, lance poised, ready to dispatch such spirits as might dare to intrude into the death chamber. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir If the sea gives up its dead, why should not little Siegfried emerge from his death chamber? Atlantis Before going through the death chamber, helmets are inspected, to see that they are sound and unpunctured, and the men are drilled in the open to practice putting them on quickly. With Our Soldiers in France She, too, had a right indefeasible: and before the sword descended to cleave the walls of this humble death chamber and stretch over England, her heart cried and claimed to be pierced with it. Hetty Wesley The death chamber rang like a torture dungeon. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The sound of wheels without could be heard through the profound stillness of the death chamber. For Woman's Love Near them they discovered a warrior who had crawled out of that death chamber in the rocks. In the Days of Poor Richard Let us refer to the dream of the father who, by the gleam of light from the death chamber, was brought to the conclusion that the body has been set on fire. Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners "Dear," said Laura, entering softly as she might have entered a death chamber. The Wheel of Life It was not like the murmur of day; it was rather like the gnawing of a mouse in the wainscot of some death chamber. The Necromancers The door opened almost directly upon a staircase and the noise of the feet of those passing up and down upon the stone steps disturbed the silence in the death chamber. Don Orsino Camille tiptoed quickly back into the death chamber, whipped off his shoes, ran to a small writing-table, then to the bureau, then to the armoire, trying their drawers. Strange True Stories of Louisiana The door of the death chamber opposite was closed. The Moon Rock When her mother died, some months before Léon's departure, she did not wish to have any one share with her the sad satisfaction of watching and praying in the death chamber. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 After a few moments in the death chamber, Cedric started for London. Mistress Penwick The archdeacon's mind, however, had already travelled from the death chamber to the study of the prime minister. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction The physician called and gave a certificate of death without going up to the death chamber. Strange True Stories of Louisiana They would go well with—— A noise in the room overhead: Susanna's death chamber. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage Then came the message regarding his son's condition, then the death chamber, the grave, and now—desolation. For Gold or Soul? The Story of a Great Department Store They formed something else, too—three words which he was sure he could not have mistaken, and then they parted, he for the death chamber and she for what fate she could but guess. The Mad King Arthur was expected at five o'clock, so a little before that time we visited the death chamber. Dracula He leads us to the death chamber of Louis XV., of Mirabeau, of Cromwell, of Sterling, his own lost friend; and we feel with him in the presence of a solemnising mystery. Thomas Carlyle She had rejoined her companion, however, and Mr Helbeck had been in his room about half an hour, when the door of the death chamber opened softly, and Miss Fountain appeared. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II The room was quiet with the horrible quiet of a death chamber. The Incomplete Amorist The big Edinburgh house with its heavy dark furniture, its shadowy draperies, and its stately gloom, became a kind of death chamber in which she slowly went to decay, body and soul. A Knight of the Nets The man's manner, the tone of his voice, seemed as much out of place in this atmosphere of solemnity as a penny whistle in a death chamber. The Sign at Six The windows had been lowered behind closed curtains, and the air of the death chamber, as he entered, was like the touch of chilled iron to the warm pulse of sleep. The Desert and the Sown Do they suffice amid the deepening shadows of the death chamber--the place where ever and anon the forgotten past comes forth to demand the satisfaction so long delayed? Our Master Thoughts for Salvationists about Their Lord With delight he imagined himself as dying and with his last breath tossing a round oath into the air of his death chamber. Windy McPherson's Son The room was arranged as a death chamber. Une Vie, a Piece of String and Other Stories After having ascertained the amount of the wealth amassed by his father, he returned in the evening to the death chamber, his soul puffed up with a horrible egoism. International Short Stories: French Then all infected clothes and the contents of the death chamber were carried out for destruction; while, with a tool adjusted to the machinery, one of the attendants engraved a few characters upon the chest. Across the Zodiac In the wall, on one side, was a door—the little green door—the door from the death house to the death chamber. The Dream Doctor From the solemn death chamber in Marshfield, his home by the stormy Atlantic, came tidings of the great statesman's last moments, in which he repeated, again and again, the Lord's Prayer and the Twenty-third Psalm. Starr King in California With Him they stood in the death chamber in the house of Jairus. The Heart-Cry of Jesus He opened the door of communication—where on that memorable night, he had knocked and received no answer—and passed through it treading softly as though he were visiting a death chamber. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Three times, accompanied by Mansus, he went to the house, three times went to the death chamber and was alone on one occasion for an hour and a half whilst the patient Mansus waited outside. The Clue of the Twisted Candle While Kennedy was talking to the prisoner, a guard volunteered to show me the death chamber and the "chair." The Dream Doctor Perhaps his own words returned to him, that until he lay dead Ronald should never see Earlescourt again; for suddenly the voice they thought hushed forever sounded strangely in the silence of that death chamber. Dora Thorne On the last night about a hundred Brethren and Sisters assembled in the death chamber. A History of the Moravian Church The window of the next room was open, when the doctor entered it from the death chamber, with the child in his arms. Armadale Before I departed from the death chamber I examined the place carefully to see if I could find any poison or other deadly thing, but without success. Finished It was Hilton Travers, THE CHAUFFEUR—the man whom he could have sworn he had last seen dead, lashed in that chair, in that ghastly death chamber of the Crime Club! The Adventures of Jimmie Dale He went straight to the library, and sent for Lord Earle, saying that he could not at present look upon the sad sight in the gloomy death chamber. Dora Thorne But he stopped on the landing; he had not the courage to again visit the death chamber. The Count of Monte Cristo Farther on are the cells where the prisoners were confined, and the death chamber where the executions took place. The Iron Heel |
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