SMYRNA, Del. — A convicted Delaware killer who waived his right to further appeals and sought to speed his execution was put to death by lethal injection early Friday after a flurry of court filings spurred by federal public defenders ...

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DOVER, Del. — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s decision that had put a scheduled Friday execution in Delaware on hold. Thursday’s decision by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came just hours before the ...

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DOVER, Del. — Federal public defenders trying to halt the execution of convicted Delaware killer Shannon Johnson claimed in court papers Thursday that there is overwhelming evidence that he is mentally retarded and can’t be executed. The public defenders made ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge on Wednesday halted the execution of convicted killer Shannon Johnson, saying he wants to hear oral arguments over claims that Johnson is mentally incompetent and should not be executed. The decision by U.S. Chief ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The attorney for a Delaware death row inmate facing execution this week asked a federal judge on Monday to reject an attempt by the convicted killer’s estranged sister to stop the execution. Shannon Johnson has waived his ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware death row inmate who has waived his right to further appeals of his conviction and death sentence was given an April 20 execution date on Wednesday. Superior Court Judge M. Jane Brady ordered the April ...

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