execution
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Pike's was the second failed execution in Tennessee this year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Despite BMW’s profitability falling to 25-year lows, even as global demand outside China remains robust, BMW’s plans assume business as usual, requiring simply better execution on costs, Citi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Capital punishment has been in the country's penal code for some offences, but no execution has been carried out since 1993.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The incompetence of the execution does not change the intent.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
I knew the odds were low that we would block the execution.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Graczyk, who covered a wide range of topics for the AP during his 46 years with the news service, considers his prolific attendance at executions to be an important part of the job.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
In a statement to CBS News, the BBC's US partner, Lee said lawful executions were among the state's "most serious responsibilities", adding that he has ordered a third-party review "to determine exactly what occurred".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Gov. Lee has now paused all executions while the state tries to figure out what went wrong.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted executions in the state after a woman convicted of murder survived two doses of lethal injection before she was rushed to hospital for medical care.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But in 1989, driven by a change in the Supreme Court's treatment of death penalty appeals and shifts in the political winds, the attorney general's office began vigorously seeking executions of condemned prisoners.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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