On January 20, 2015, the Governor formally commuted the sentences of Maryland’s four remaining death row inmates to LWOP. Accordingly, we hereby dismiss this appeal as moot.

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On the same day Gov. Martin O’Malley issued an executive order commuting Jody Lee Miles’ death sentence, Miles’ lawyers filed a motion opposing his new sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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The U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution Tuesday from a Missouri man who was set to become the first U.S. inmate put to death since a lethal injection went awry last month in Arizona.

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The maker of a drug Indiana wants to use for its first execution since 2009 says the anesthetic, which has never been used in lethal injections, isn't approved for that purpose and that it only recently learned of the state's intentions.

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Texas can keep secret the name of its supplier for its execution drugs, the state attorney general determined after law enforcement argued that suppliers face serious danger.

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For those states where capital punishment is still in effect — 32 of them — using lethal injection is becoming problematic.

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With lethal-injection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are considering bringing back relics of a more gruesome past: firing squads, electrocutions and gas chambers.

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FREDERICK — An effort to undo Maryland’s recent repeal of the death penalty has fallen short. Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger and other advocates had been seeking a ballot question next year that would ask voters to reinstate capital ...

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Death-penalty supporters said Thursday that they may have to abandon their effort to bring to referendum a challenge to a law that will abolish capital punishment in the state on Oct. 1.

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The future of Maryland's five death-row inmates, plus a look ahead to the looming battles over transportation funding.

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