Mental fitness claim halts 2nd federal execution — for now
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday halted the execution of a man, said to be suffering from dementia, who was set to die by lethal injection in the federal government’s second execution this week after a 17-year hiatus. Legal wrangling continued Wednesday night with execution still possible. Wesley Ira Purkey, convicted of […]
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