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Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who’s been on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25.
Life after California's death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...
Oscar Franklin Smith, Tennessee death row inmate, declines to select execution method
Smith, who was asked to choose between lethal injection and the electric chair, declined to pick, his attorney Kelley Henry, ...
Tarrant jury rejects death penalty, decides man who shot 3 in head should serve life
After finding Cousins guilty of capital murder last week, a jury in Criminal District Court No. 3 in Tarrant County on ...
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Mississippi sets June execution date for longest-serving death row inmate
In a ruling Thursday, the state’s high court said Jordan had exhausted all state and federal appeals and set the execution ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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, ...
Judge rules death penalty will remain as possible punishment despite Bryan Kohberger's autism diagnosis
A judge ruled Bryan Kohberger, who is autistic, according to his lawyers, could still be put to death if he is convicted of ...
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Mississippi Supreme Court sets execution date for man on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court has set an execution date for the man who has been on the state’s death row longer than any other inmate. According to the court, the ...