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‘How can I give back life?’ Texas death row prisoner asks for execution reprieve to donate kidney
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA man on death row in Texas has requested a stay of execution, so that he may donate a kidney before...
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...
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,...
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,...
Texas inmate asks to delay execution for kidney donation
Associated Press via AOL· 2 years agoA Texas inmate who is set to be put to death in less than two weeks asked that his execution be...
A last supper on death row: Should America give murderers an extravagant final meal?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHours before convicted murderer Jamie Mills became the latest man to be executed in America, he was...
South Carolina passes shield law in effort to resume executions. Here’s what to know.
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe South Carolina Senate passed legislation to hide identities of pharmaceutical companies and drug...
Racism, gruesome errors, and botched executions: Inside America’s four-person, 48-hour execution...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a cold morning last Wednesday, in the execution chamber at the Eyman prison in Florence, Arizona,...
He Gouged Out Both His Eyes. Can the Government Still Execute Him?
Slate via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPhoto illustration by Slate. Photos by the state of Texas and Getty Images Plus. Welcome to State of...
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...