Biden seeks last-minute moves that could be hard for Trump to undo
From clemency to conservation, the outgoing president pushes to cement his legacy ahead of a successor determined to erase it ...
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Alabama death row inmate fights nitrogen gas execution citing ‘conscious suffocation’
An Alabama inmate is asking a federal judge to block his nitrogen gas execution, citing concerns over Eighth Amendment ...
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Drug Used in Executions Under Trump May Cause 'Unnecessary' Suffering, DOJ Says
The pentobarbital protocol was adopted by Bill Barr, attorney general during Trump's first term, to replace a three-drug mix ...
SC Supreme Court denies death row inmate’s petition, clears way for third execution
Few options remain for Marion Bowman Jr., who is set to be executed on Jan. 31, 2025 for the murder of Kandee Martin in ...
Federal Death Row Abolishes Lethal Injection. What Does It Mean for Trump’s Killing Spree?
Just days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, the Department of Justice has announced its decision to ...
Biden Saved Me From Death Row—But I Still Want True Justice
I likely faced execution under Trump. Biden still has time to do the right thing. Life without parole remains an egregious ...
Drug used in federal executions under Trump may cause 'unnecessary pain and suffering,' Garland says
The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with ...
DOJ rejects argument death row inmates can object to Biden’s commutation
The DOJ said that while not only are commutations legal, the president additionally has the authority to decide commutations.
Two prisoners can't legally object to Biden's death row commutations, DOJ argues
Two prisoners who have taken the unusual step to ask a federal judge to nullify their death row commutations granted by ...
Two Death Row Inmates Want to Reject Joe Biden's Clemency—Here's Why
Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.
2 Prisoners Ask Judge to Block Biden’s Death Sentence Commutations
The men said that, by reducing their sentences to life in prison, President Biden’s act of clemency could hurt their appeals.
Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their sentences
Shannon Wayne Agofsky and Len Davis both filed emergency petitions prevent their death sentences from being commuted to life in prison without parole.