death warrant

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Gov. Josh Shapiro has called on state lawmakers to repeal the death penalty and says he won’t sign death warrants and will issue reprieves on scheduled executions, extending his predecessor’s policies.

From Seattle Times

Labrador said his office is required to obtain a new death warrant while the state works to get the necessary drugs.

From Seattle Times

Executioners were unable to get an intravenous line connected to death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith within the 100-minute window between the time courts cleared the way and midnight, when the death warrant expired.

From Seattle Times

“Stopping the death warrant . . . was a big task,” Anwar recounted last month.

From Washington Post

“If President Biden abandons them, he is signing their death warrants.”

From Washington Times