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The United States has never had a member of the Church of Latter-day Saints serve as president. Mitt Romney came closest when he lost to Barack Obama in 2012. During

The US Supreme Court allowed the execution of Anthony Sanchez to proceed despite numerous evidentiary inconsistencies in the case against him, including questionable DNA evidence and the possibility that his father had committed the murder.

After a nearly 12-year halt on executions, the S.C. Department of Corrections says it’s ready to execute prisoners who have been sentenced to death.

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Death Row inmate Anthony Sanchez as executed today and enjoyed a hefty three-course dinner for his final meal - he was convicted of the rape and murder of Juli Busken but activists say his dad confessed to the crime

A 44-year-old man convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of a dance student was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on Thursday, officials said.Anthony Sanchez was sentenced to death in 2006 for the rape and murder of Juli Busken, a 21-year-old student at the University of Oklahoma.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the S.C. Department of Corrections announced Tuesday that the state can resume executions by lethal injections, after being unable to procure the drug for over a decade.

Since 2017, Gov. Henry McMaster has been calling on the General Assembly to pass a Shield Statute.

South Carolina has obtained a drug needed to carry out lethal injections and is ready to perform the state's first execution in over 12 years, officials announced Tuesday....