Man Executed For Rape and Murder of Teen Girl in Mississippi
A man who raped and killed a 16-year-old girl in Mississippi was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday, becoming the second...
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Dec 14, 20222 min read
TX Judge Cites Anti-Semitism, Seeks To Void Jewish Man's Death Penalty
A Jewish Texas death row inmate, Randy Halprin, convinced a state judge his punishment is unconstitutional because the trial judge...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 14, 20222 min read
Oregon Gov. Brown Commutes All 17 Death Row Sentences
Gov. Kate Brown announced hat she would commute the sentences of all 17 individuals on Oregon’s death row to life in prison without the...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 30, 20222 min read
Alabama May Try Novel Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution
Death row inmate Alan Eugene Miller has avoided a second lethal injection after surviving Alabama's first try to execute him, according...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Missouri Executes Killer of Police Officer After Appeals Fail
Kevin Johnson, a Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger...
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By Shannon Johanni
Nov 29, 20226 min read
Texas Death Penalty Cases At High Court Raise DNA Issues
Two capital cases have wound their way through the Texas state criminal courts to the U.S. Supreme Court, highlighting substantial...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 28, 20222 min read
MO Execution Planned Despite Bias Claim; Daughter Can't Attend
A federal court denied a 19-year-old’s request to witness her father’s execution on Tuesday, when Missouri is scheduled to put him to...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Several States Under Scrutiny After Recent Lethal Injection Failures
States that use lethal injection have encountered problems with the execution method, including difficulty finding usable veins or issues...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 22, 20221 min read
Alabama Halts Executions After Two Failed Lethal Injection Attempts
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey halted executions in the state after two failed attempts at lethal injections, calling for a “top-to-bottom” review...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 18, 20222 min read
Fourth Execution This Week Called Off After IV Insertion Fails
In the last of four scheduled executions nationwide this week, Alabama officials were unable to connect intravenous lines to their...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 15, 20221 min read
Conservative Justices Vote To Hear Death Penalty Case Involving Juror
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas berated a federal appeals court in a dissenting opinion on Monday for giving a death row inmate...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 14, 20222 min read
Trump Uses Dubious Data In Calls To Execute Drug Dealers Quickly
Former president Trump has been calling for quickly executing drug dealers with little recourse for defendants to due process rules that...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Analysis Finds Death Penalty States Had Most Murders During Pandemic
A Death Penalty Information Center analysis of 2020 U.S. homicide data has found that murder rates during the pandemic were highest in...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 10, 20222 min read
Texas Executes Man For Killing His Mother Nearly Two Decades Ago
Texas executed Tracy Beatty on Wednesday for murdering his mother in 2003. Beatty, 61, was found guilty of fatally strangling Carolyn...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Five Executions Are Scheduled In The Next 10 Days
Four states are scheduled to execute five prisoners by Nov. 17, says the Death Penalty Information Center. Two are set in Texas, and one...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 27, 20221 min read
Man Sentenced to Death in Texas Sikh Deputy Killing
A man was sentenced to death Wednesday for the fatal shooting of a law enforcement officer who was the first Sikh deputy in his Texas...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 20, 20222 min read
OK Executes Child Killer Despite Mental Illness Pleas
Oklahoma executed Benjamin Cole, a 57-year-old man convicted for the murder of his 9-month-old daughter, on Thursday. In the two decades...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Uzbek Man In Rare Federal Death Penalty Trial for Killing New Yorkers
An alleged terrorist charged with killing eight people in Manhattan will be on trial for his life beginning this week, in a rare case in...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 6, 20221 min read
TX Executes Killer With Spiritual Adviser's Hand On His Chest
John Henry Ramirez, a Texas death row inmate whose case redefined the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers. was executed...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 29, 20221 min read
TX Prosecutors Drop Death Penalty Request In No-Knock Raid Case
Texas prosecutors no longer are seeking the death penalty for a Black man accused of killing a white police detective and shooting three...
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