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DeSantis signs death warrant for eighth execution of the year
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a death warrant for a man convicted of murdering two people in 1993 in Duval ...
A look at the status of U.S. executions in 2025
Twenty-three men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and seven other people are scheduled to be put to death in five states during the ...
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Convicted murderer put to death in fourth US execution this week
A South Carolina man convicted of a 2005 double murder was put to death by lethal injection on Friday, the fourth execution ...
Stephen Stanko, who killed 2 and raped his girlfriend's 15-year-old daughter, is executed
Stanko's case made national headlines after he fled the crime scenes. He ended up in Augusta mingling with Masters golf fans and wooing another woman.
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Convicted murderer put to death in third US execution this week
A 61-year-old man convicted of a 1999 double murder was executed on Thursday in Oklahoma, the third inmate put to death in the United States this week.
From conman to killer: Stephen Stanko's murderous path brings him to death chamber
After he killed his 43-year-old girlfriend, Stanko then drove 25 miles north the Conway home of one of her friends, a 74-year-old man named Henry Lee Turner, a retired Air Force master sergeant and a ...
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From conman to 'psychopath': Stephen Stanko's murderous path brings him to SC death chamber
After he killed his 43-year-old girlfriend, Stanko then drove 25 miles north the Conway home of one of her friends, a 74-year-old man named Henry Lee Turner, a retired Air Force master sergeant and a ...