AZ Inmate Must Decide: Execution by Holocaust Gas or Lethal Injection
A death row inmate in Arizona has two weeks to decide whether to be executed with cyanide gas, the poison known as Zyklon B used by the...
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May 4, 20221 min read
Missouri Execution is Fifth This Year in Four States
A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home more than a quarter of a century ago was put to death Tuesday,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 2, 20221 min read
TN Suspends Executions in 2022 For Review of Lethal Injections
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee paused all executions in the state through 2022 after granting a temporary reprieve for death row inmate Oscar...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 26, 20221 min read
Texas Court Halts Lucio Execution, Orders New Evidence Review
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the scheduled Wednesday execution of Melissa Lucio, whose death sentence has drawn...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20221 min read
Justices Will Hear DNA Appeal By Texas Death Row Inmate Reed
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who hopes that untested crime-scene...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 25, 20222 min read
AZ Man Set For Execution Says Law Enforcers Dominate Clemency Panel
An Arizona inmate a few weeks away from execution argued the state's clemency board was unfairly loaded with law enforcement. A judge...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20222 min read
TX Board Considers Clemency in Melissa Lucio Murder Case
Melissa Lucio, a mother convicted of killing her two-year-old daughter more than a decade ago, is set to be executed in less than a week,...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Ex-Honduras President to Face Drug Trafficking Charges in U.S.
Only three months after Honduran presideent Juan Orlando Hernández left office, Honduras extradited him to the United States to face...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 22, 20221 min read
Texas Executes Killer, 78; Oldest Man Put To Death In Modern Era
Texas executed Carl Buntion on Thursday for the 1990 murder of a Houston police officer. At 78, he was the oldest prisoner executed in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 20, 20221 min read
Six Planned Executions Focus New Attention on Death Penalty
Capital punishment has been on the wane in the U.S., but a coming slate of executions has refocused attention on the use of the death...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20221 min read
Over Dissents, High Court Refuses To Hear TX Death Penalty Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a Texas appeal about jury bias in a Black man’s death-penalty case. In the latest 6-3...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 18, 20222 min read
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses Firing Squad
Richard Bernard Moore, 57. who has been on death row for over 20 years, chose to die by firing squad instead of electric chair at his...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 14, 20222 min read
Prosecuting Russian War Crimes May Take Decades
The Russian military, in retreat after defeat in cities around Ukraine’s capital, left behind such horror that war crimes investigators...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Sex Trafficking Survivor Sent Back to Prison For Violating Parole
Nearly two years after being freed by Ohio’s governor, child sex trafficking survivor Alexis “Kee” Martin is back in prison. Martin’s...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Jurors, Legislators Urge Clemency in Texas Woman's Death Penalty Case
Melissa Lucio was convicted in Texas of beating and killing her daughter and sentenced to death, but a large contingent of supporters,...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Supreme Court Will Hear Tucson Man's Death Row Case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an Arizona death-row inmate’s claim that he was wrongly denied the chance to tell jurors he would be...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 25, 20221 min read
Traumatic Youth Events Can Help Death Penalty Leniency Pleas
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events occurring from birth to age 17. A new study examined ACEs effect on...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 24, 20222 min read
Supreme Court Says Pastor Can Touch, Pray For Inmate In Execution
In a decision expanding the religious rights of condemned inmates, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas must grant a convicted...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Capitol Rioter Granted Refugee Status in Belarus
Evan Neumann, a Capitol rioter who fled the U.S. has been granted refugee status in Belarus, CNN reports. Neumann fled to Ukraine after...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 21, 20221 min read
'Geofence' Warrant in Gunfight Case Raises Privacy Concerns
Investigators turned to a "geofence" search warrant when they noticed people using cell phones in security footage of a gunfight at a...
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