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How Trump Could Expand The Use Of The Death Penalty
The U.S. government had not executed anyone for more than 15 years until Donald Trump revived the practice at the tail end of his first...
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Nov 12, 20242 min read
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Justices Seek New Analysis Of IQ Scores, Death Penalty In AL Case
Despite a call from several states to review the constitutionality of evolving capital punishment standards, the Supreme Court on Monday...
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Nov 5, 20242 min read
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SC Executes Man For Killing Clerk After His Appeals Fail
South Carolina executed Richard Moore for the 1999 shooting death of a convenience store clerk. Moore, 59, was put to death Friday after...
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Nov 4, 20241 min read
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Judge Rules SC Governor Should Retain Clemency Authority After Challenge By Death Row Inmate
A federal judge has ruled that South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster will retain his right to be the final judge of clemency for a death row...
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Oct 23, 20242 min read
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Juror In Robert Roberson Case Tells Lawmakers She Believes He Is Innocent
A juror in Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson’s 2003 capital murder trial on Monday told the legislative panel that temporarily...
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Oct 23, 20242 min read
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Could Old Case Upend Court's 'Cruel and Unusual Punishment' Stance?
Joseph Clifton Smith, a man who says he is intellectually disabled, has sat on Alabama's death row for more than a year waiting to find...
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Oct 17, 20242 min read
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Texas Man Set For Execution In Shaken Baby Diagnosis Awaits Clemency Decision
A Texas man who this week could be the first person in the U.S. executed for a murder conviction tied to the diagnosis of shaken baby...
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Oct 16, 20242 min read
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After Dropping, 2024's Execution Total Could Be Highest Since 2015
After five recent executions around the U.S., the Death Penalty Information Center says that eight more are scheduled for the final few...
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Oct 14, 20241 min read
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Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over New Trial For Oklahoma Death Row Inmate
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that pits Oklahoma's attorney general against the state’s highest court for...
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Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Texas Execution Plan Renews Calls for Rarely Granted Clemency
A man from Texas who is scheduled for execution next week is the focus of a renewed clemency effort., supported by several Republican...
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Oct 8, 20242 min read
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OK Death Penalty Case Of Richard Glossip Returns To High Court
The Supreme Court ruled against Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip in 2015, and if not for a corrections department blunder, he’d...
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Oct 4, 20241 min read
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ACLU Suit Highlights Albuquerque DWI Bribery Scandal
A civil rights group is suing the city of Albuquerque, its police department and top officials on behalf of a man who was among those...
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Oct 3, 20242 min read
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Texas Executes Harris County Man Linked to Five Killings
Texas executed Garcia White on Tuesday for multiple murders he committed between 1989 and 1995. White, 61, was administered a lethal...
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Oct 2, 20242 min read
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OK Executes Man For Murder After Governor Rejects Commutation
Oklahoma executed Emmanuel Littlejohn for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a...
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Sep 26, 20241 min read
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Marcellus Williams Executed In Missouri Over Objections Of Prosecutors, Victim's Family
Marcellus Williams, a Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday despite the...
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Sep 25, 20242 min read
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Officers Accused Of Misconduct Carry Out Secretive Executions In Alabama
Brandon McKenzie, leader of Alabama’s execution team, plays a key role in executions, despite facing allegations of violent behavior. He...
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Sep 25, 20242 min read
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Oklahoma Man Maintains He's Innocent Of Killing As Execution Looms
Emmanuel Littlejohn, 52, is set to be executed in Oklahoma on Thursday — despite serious questions over whether or not he is guilty of...
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Sep 25, 20242 min read
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SC Executes Man Despite Witness' Statement That He Was Innocent
South Carolina executed Freddie Eugene Owens for the shooting death of a convenience store clerk on Friday as his mother begged ...
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Sep 23, 20242 min read
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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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Sep 20, 20242 min read
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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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Sep 18, 20241 min read
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