Texas Supreme Court halts Robert Roberson execution of shaken baby syndrome murder
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Texas Supreme Court halts Robert Roberson execution of shaken baby syndrome murder

ByNews Polite

The Texas Supreme Court halted Thursday night’s scheduled execution of a man who would have become the first person in the US put to death for a murder conviction tied to a diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome. Supporters of Robert Roberson, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in…

Alabama man Alan Eugene Miller put to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution
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Alabama man Alan Eugene Miller put to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution

ByNews Polite

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama used nitrogen gas Thursday to execute a man convicted of killing three people in back-to-back workplace shootings, the second time the method that has generated debate about its humaneness has been used in the country. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m….