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Texas death row prisoner dies after more than 30 years behind bars
A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...
Bryan Kohberger set to die in one of America’s worst prisons — with feces-smeared cages, riots and ‘biohazard’ ventilation system
He’ll serve his sentence alongside Chad Daybell, the child murderer and husband of “Doomsday” cult mom Lori Vallow, as well ...
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Court rules in favor of death row inmate
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the ...
Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...
Executed this week in the US: A Florida inmate with severe mental illness, a Vietnam veteran in Mississippi with PTSD
Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...
Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state's longest-serving death row inmate, for 1976 murder
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Legal experts weigh in on Kohberger plea agreement
A plea bargain offered in the Brian Kohberger case creates a predictable, quicker, cheaper—and to some—a more ethical outcome ...
Lawyers for a South Carolina inmate ask a court to stop his execution
Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are heading to federal court to argue that the state is not properly carrying out executions. South Carolina uses either lethal injection or the ...