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WGCL News — Stay of Execution at Terre Haute Federal Prison

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By: Keith Klein (Photo: Newsweek)

Wesley Ira Purkey is the second prisoner the government planned to execute yesterday at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute. A judge issued a temporary stay, meaning, for now, his execution won’t proceed.

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WGCL News — Lethal Injections Delayed at Federal Prison in Terre Haute

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By: Keith Klein (Photo: Associated Press/WRTV)

A U.S. district judge, yesterday, just hours before the first lethal injection was scheduled to be carried out at the federal prison in Terre Haute, ordered a new delay in federal executions.

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