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Missouri death row inmate faces execution today despite pleas from prison guards
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMissouri governor Michael Parson on Monday denied a last-ditch clemency request from Brian Dorsey,...
Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to execute
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody of a state death row inmate whom the...
Supreme Court hears plea from death row inmate Rodney Reed
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Supreme Court has heard a plea from death row inmate Rodney Reed, a Black man, who argues that a...
Alabama death row inmate asks court to block his execution by nitrogen gas
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn attorney for an Alabama inmate set to be the nation’s first person ever put to death by nitrogen...
28 Oklahoma death row inmates could be executed over next two years after judge's ruling
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA federal judge on Monday rejected a legal challenge to Oklahoma's execution protocol, ruling it...
Man on Death Row Gets Last-Minute Stay of Execution After Victim’s Sister Advocates for Him
People via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWilliam Speer, 49, has been on death row in Texas for decades Texas Department of Criminal Justice...
The controversial, outlawed policy that keeps inmates on Alabama’s death row
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKenneth Eugene Smith was put to death last week in a nitrogen gas execution that horrified the...
8 men in El Paso murder cases on death row; Walmart shooter faces death penalty
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe list of death sentences handed down in El Paso increased by one this week when Facundo Chavez,...
Alabama suspends execution after inmate demands novel way to die
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe state of Alabama can’t execute a death row prisoner via lethal injection, a federal court ruled...
Death row inmate who acted as own attorney seeks new trial
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHoward Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders of teenage newlyweds, 17-year-old Adam...