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Execution date set for man on Mississippi death row for nearly 50 years
Richard Gerald Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row since 1977. The state has set an execution date of June 25, saying ...
After Biden commuted federal death row sentences, DAs are weighing state charges
A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...
Idaho judge slams Bryan Kohberger's 'hollow' attempt to dodge death penalty in latest blow to defense
Judge Steven Hippler denied a motion on Tuesday from Bryan Kohberger's defense team that asked to remove the death penalty as ...
Judge maintains death penalty as possible punishment for Bryan Kohberger despite autism diagnosis
A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering ...
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History of the Death Penalty
[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...
Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man’s lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis
A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.
Oscar Franklin Smith, Tennessee death row inmate, declines to select execution method
Oscar Franklin Smith, a Tennessee death row inmate scheduled to die on May 22, declined to select a method meaning it ...
Death penalty on the table for Arkansas man accused of severely beating 2-year-old who later died
20-year-old Wesley Davis was arrested after a child was found unresponsive on March 1 and died days later. SEVIER COUNTY, ...