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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A court has halted the execution of a Texas man who was sentenced to death for a fatal 1996 robbery in which he didn't pull the trigger.

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man found guilty of murdering three women nearly 30 years ago is scheduled for execution.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The latest on the scheduled execution of an Oklahoma death row inmate who was convicted of ordering the 1997 beating death of a motel owner but claims he is innocent and was framed by the actual killer. (All times are local):

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials have pointed to cold storage temperatures as "the most likely cause" of the cloudiness in a lethal injection drug that halted an execution at the last minute — but they have since revealed testing indicating it may not have been to blame.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for an Oklahoma inmate who had been set to be put to death the same night as a botched execution are asking the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to grant a stay for at least six months pending a review into what went wrong last week.

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma prison officials halted an inmate's execution after a new drug combination left him writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney. He later died of a heart attack.

Convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was scheduled to be executed at 6:00 p.m. tonight (April 29). While authorities were administering the lethal injection they discovered the line into Lockett's arm had blown. Prison officials halted the execution and at 7:06 p.m. Lockett suffered a massive heart attack and passed away.

The Saudi Arabian government might need to consider contacting Steven Seagal, as a new report indicates that due to a shortage of swordsmen with just the right chops, leaders may soon be forced to have criminals executed by firing squad as opposed to the traditional beheading.