Crime and Justice NewsAug 21, 20231 minNo Executions In Five Years; Ohio Death Row Stay Averages 21 YearsOhio’s next execution of a death row inmate was scheduled for November 16. That date, like so many others, has been pushed back. It’s...
Crime and Justice NewsAug 4, 20232 minFlorida Inmate Executed for 1988 Brutal Killing of Nurse In the fifth Florida execution this year, death row inmate James Barnes, who confessed to killing his estranged wife, was executed...
Crime and Justice NewsAug 3, 20232 minLouisiana Death Row Inmates Ask Governor For Mass ClemencyAll but one of Louisiana’s death row inmates are trying to persuade Gov. John Bel Edwards and the clemency board to commute their...
Crime and Justice NewsAug 2, 20232 minMO Man Executed Despite Mental Illness; Three Justices DissentThe Supreme Court rejected a request to block the execution of Johnny Johnson, who abducted and beat a 6-year-old Missouri girl to death,...