Supreme court allows execution by lethal injection (Reuters)

Inmate who says he's too fat to die to be executed (AP)
AP - A 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who says he's too fat to be executed humanely passed a pre-execution exam Tuesday and was cleared to...

Mexico pursues appeal to stay executions in US (AP)
AP - The U.N.'s highest court begins emergency hearings Thursday on Mexico's appeal to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the United...

Ga. execution would be first since Supreme Court ruling (AP)
AP - Georgia moved forward with preparations to execute a convicted killer, who on Tuesday night could become the first inmate put to death since the...

Accused September 11 planner meets his U.S. lawyer (Reuters)
Reuters - The Guantanamo prisoner accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks has met for the first time with the U.S. military lawyer assigned...

Court rejects appeals by 11 death row inmates (Reuters)
Reuters - The Supreme Court on Monday followed up on its ruling last week upholding the commonly used lethal injection method of execution and...