States Plan Five Executions In The Next Week; Appeals Still Pending
Starting Friday, five states are planning to carry out executions within one week, including one man who is likely innocent. It is rare...
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- 2 days ago
- 1 min
Texas Lawmakers Gather To Stop Execution Of Alleged Murderer
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers petitioned Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's Board of Pardons and Paroles on Tuesday to...
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Crime and Justice News
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
Will Death Row Defendants Lose The Right To Share Their Stories?
Last March marked the 20th anniversary of Wiggins v. Smith, a Supreme Court decision that requires defense lawyers in death penalty cases...
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Crime and Justice News
- 2 days ago
- 2 min
Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Appeal Of Man On Death Row Since 1994
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 years after he was convicted of...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 4
- 2 min
South Carolina Prisoner Awaiting Execution Says Prison Didn’t Provide Enough Information On Lethal Drug
Lawyers for the South Carolina inmate scheduled to be put to death later this month said Tuesday state prison officials didn’t provide...
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Crime and Justice News
- Sep 3
- 2 min
U.S. On Pace To Execute At Least 19 Prisoners This Year
It’s been a busy summer for executions in the U.S., with seven men having been executed since June. Another five are set to be put to...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 27
- 2 min
South Carolina Supreme Court to Rule On Minimum Time Between Executions
The South Carolina Supreme Court has halted further executions until it establishes a minimum interval between sending inmates to the...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 23
- 2 min
Missouri High Court Stops Deal To Avoid Prisoner’s Execution
In a suburban St. Louis courtroom, Marcellus Williams seemed likely to be spared from execution when the prosecutor's office questioned...
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Texas To Execute Third Person This Year
Texas is set to execute Arthur Lee Burton on Wednesday evening for the 1997 killing and attempted kidnapping and rape of a Houston woman....
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Crime and Justice News
- Aug 6
- 2 min
Alabama Will Conduct Another Nitrogen Execution Next Month
Alabama’s attorney general said that another nitrogen gas execution will go forward in September after the state reached a settlement...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Supreme Court Grants Stay Minutes Before Inmate’s Execution
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection Tuesday...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Texas Gets Execution Drugs From Pharmacy With Safety Violations
Texas, which was prevented from acquiring lethal injection drugs by major pharmaceutical firms opposed to executions, has turned to a...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 9
- 2 min
Advocates Fight to Halt Oklahoma Execution in 1992 Murder Case
On Monday, anti-death penalty activists launched a campaign to seek clemency for the inmate next in line for execution in Oklahoma, USA...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jul 1
- 1 min
Electoral Politics Affect Handling Of Death Penalty Cases, Critics Say
Electoral politics distort the fairness and accuracy of capital punishment, and how decreasing public support for the death penalty is...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 28
- 2 min
Oklahoma Executes Man for 1984 Girl's Murder
Oklahoma executed a man Thursday who was convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing his 7-year-old former stepdaughter in 1984, The...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 24
- 2 min
CT Firm Linked To Federal Execution Spree Calls Off Drug Production
A Connecticut chemicals manufacturer identified as having sold a lethal drug to the Trump administration for use in its execution spree...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Courts Examine Capital Cases for Racial Bias in County That Struck Black and Jewish Jurors
One by one, a California prosecutor eliminated five out of six Black women from the jury pool for a 2000 death-penalty case in which...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Alabama Pushes For More Nitrogen Executions Amid Method Concerns
Months after becoming the first state to use the untested method of nitrogen gas execution, Alabama now aims to conduct another one, The...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Missouri Executes Man Convicted In 2009 Killing
A man convicted of killing his former lover and her husband in what prosecutors described as a fit of rage was executed Tuesday evening...
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Crime and Justice News
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Some Question 'Very Strange' Last Meals Before Executions
Hours before murderer Jamie Mills became the latest man to be executed in the U.S., he was granted a special last request: What would he...
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