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Man formerly on death row can’t serve 2 life terms at the same time, Tennessee Supreme Court rules
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...
South Carolina executes a murderer sent to death row twice
A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s ...
Suspected Shooter of Minnesota Lawmakers Potentially Facing Federal Death Penalty: What We Know About Vance L. Boelter
The search for Vance Luther Boelter, the FBI-wanted man who is suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers and their ...
Wisconsin man's case raised the competency standard for execution. He died at 67 on death row.
Scott Panetti had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid delusions, depression and insomnia. His case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Arizona’s Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence.
In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The ...
10 articles on factors SC death row inmates consider before execution choice
A man with two death sentences chose lethal injection after attorneys referenced a problematic firing squad case. Lawyers ...
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 289: The Hidden Cruelties of Lethal Injection and the Death Penalty
Corinna Lane, a former prosecutor, discusses the flaws in the US death penalty system, the pharmaceutical crisis that halted lethal injection, and the humanity of those on death row in her book ...
Oklahoma man who was given 3 last meals will stand trial again but won’t face the death penalty
Oklahoma prosecutors say they will retry longtime death row inmate Richard Glossip a third time for his role in the 1997 ...
Scott Panetti, 67, at the Center of a Landmark Death Penalty Case, Dies
Diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, he spent 30 years on death row. In 2007, the Supreme Court raised the bar for executing ...
Death penalty case | Punishment decided in Oscar Rosales' trial
Oscar Rosales was sentenced to death for the murder of Harris County Precinct 5 Deputy Constable Charles Galloway in 2022.
Alabama executes a long-serving death row inmate for the 1988 beating death of a woman he dated
Gregory Hunt was convicted of killing Karen Lane, a woman he had been dating for about a month, according to court records.