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Gov. Tom Corbett on Thursday signed a death warrant for convicted cop killer John Lesko, who has faced the threat of execution since he was sentenced in 1981 for the "kill for thrill" spree that left four people dead. Lesko is scheduled to be executed on Nov. 9.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- For the past 25 years, Ronnie Lee Gardner has fought to keep death at bay. But his years of appeal after appeal may end today when a 3rd District judge will decide whether to sign a new death warrant.
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Gov. Tom Corbett has signed a death warrant for former Garfield resident Kenneth Hairston. An Allegheny County jury convicted Hairston in 2002 of two counts of first-degree murder for beating his wife, Katherine, and son, Sean, 14, with a sledgehammer, then setting their home on fire. Hairston, 60, is incarcerated in the state prison in Greene County.
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A death row prisoner who is next in line for execution asked the Arizona Supreme Court today to either reject the state's motion for his death warrant or postpone its decision until after a federal civil rights lawsuit involving other condemned inmates is resolved. Robert Towery, 47, wants the high court to independently review evidence uncovered in the civil rights trial that shows the Department of Corrections failed to precisely follow its execution procedures.
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According to a March 8 story in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, "The Minneapolis Library Board signed its death warrant Wednesday, clearing the path for the city's cash-strapped library system to merge with the Hennepin County libraries.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah is one step closer to its first death row execution in 10 years. An application for a death warrant was filed Wednesday by the Utah Attorney General's Office asking a state judge to order the execution of death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner.
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Eduardo Marmolejo spent the night before the fatal stabbing of an East Memphis private-school principal sharpening a knife and reviewing research on hand-to-hand combat, according to a search warrant for his home. Memphis Police Sgt. A.G. Mullins' request for a search warrant provides further evidence of the calculated planning police accuse Marmolejo of using before Suzette York, 49, principal at Memphis Junior Academy, was stabbed to death inside the school at 50 N. Mendenhall on Aug. 10.
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SALT LAKE CITY -- A hearing date has been set on the requested execution warrant for longtime death row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner, signaling a move toward the state's first execution in 10 years. A Wednesday court filing shows that the hearing will take place April 12 before 3rd District Judge Robin Reese. The hearing comes after the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear Gardner's latest appeal petition, prompting the Utah Attorney General's Office to file an application for the warrant last week.
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Investigators looking into the death of toddler Aveion Lewis last year revealed Monday that someone besides family members was present when the little boy died. A search warrant filed in Roanoke Circuit Court added a new angle to the public presentation of a case that had revolved around the neglect and abuse 2-year-old Aveion allegedly received from his stepfather, Brandon Lockett, 25, and mother, Morgan Lockett, 24.
