Auburn professor stabbed to death while walking her dog in Alabama park; man charged with murder

Auburn professor stabbed to death while walking her dog in Alabama park; man charged with murder

A retired professor at Auburn University was stabbed to death over the weekend in a park near the Alabama college campus, according to Auburn Police and the university. A man has been arrested and charged in her murder. Julie Gard Schnuelle, 59, was attacked Saturday morning in Auburn’s Kiesel Park, which the city says is a large green…

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Alabama inmate set to die by nitrogen gas asks for firing squad, hanging to avoid "conscious suffocation"

Alabama inmate set to die by nitrogen gas asks for firing squad, hanging to avoid “conscious suffocation”

An Alabama inmate, who officials say is scheduled to die in October by nitrogen hypoxia, is pushing for execution by firing squad, hanging or medical-aid-in-dying instead. Anthony Boyd has filed a lawsuit challenging the relatively new and controversial execution method that uses lethal gas to cause suffocation, arguing its application is unconstitutionally cruel — something…

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