Convicted murderer, Christopher Wilkins was executed via lethal injection earlier today in the State of Texas. This marks the 539th inmate executed in the State and first for the year 2017. There are still 8 more inmates scheduled for execution early this year.
Lawyers of state of Arizona has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed against their way of executing death penalty.
Republican-controlled Senate may approve the legislation into law, bringing back the electric chair as Virginia's default method of execution, due to the difficulty of obtaining the drugs used in lethal injections.
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman may face trial in Brooklyn, New York which has the strongest drug-trafficking case against the alleged Sinaloa drug cartel leader.
