The Latest Breaking News from Murray Hooper

Stephen Barbee who killed pregnant ex-girlfriend and her son, 7, is executed

Stephen Barbee, 55, was given a lethal injection at the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville with his execution prolonged due to him having a disability and officials struggled to find a vein

Daily Mirror · Nov 17, 2022

Arizona set to execute man in 1980 killings of 2 people

An Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1980 killings of two people is scheduled to be executed Wednesday in what would be the state’s third execution since officials started carrying out the death penalty in May after a nearly eight-year hiatus

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022

Arizona death-row prisoner makes last-minute claim to court

An Arizona prisoner scheduled to be executed for the 1980 killings of two people has asked the Supreme Court to review his claim that authorities had until recently withheld that a survivor had failed to identify him in a photo lineup

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022