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Georgia Executes Man Despite Intellectual Disability
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Black disabled Georgia man who was convicted nearly three decades ago for murdering his ex-girlfriend, among other crimes, was executed on Wednesday...
Texas Takes Intellectually Disabled Inmate Off Death Row
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIllustration: Lex Villena; Midjourney Last week, a Texas criminal appeals court took a 64-year-old...
Lexington judge: Man accused of toddler’s death can’t face the death penalty. Here’s why.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Fayette Circuit Court judge has ruled a man accused of murdering a 3-year-old girl will not be...
Supreme Court refuses to block execution in Escambia death penalty case
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTALLAHASSEE — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt the planned execution of Michael...
Supreme Court refuses to block execution of man who killed Escambia County woman
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoTALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously refused to block the scheduled Oct. 3 execution of Michael Duane Zack, rejecting arguments that he should be spared the death ...
Are these Mississippi death row inmates out of options? State, defense attorneys disagree
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe state and attorneys representing two men on death row are in conflict about whether legal...
Texas criminal appeals court takes man off death row over intellectual disability
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 2 months ago(TEXAS TRIBUNE) – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals re-sentenced a 64-year-old man on death row to...
Officials move inmate stuck on US death row for years
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPrison officials this week moved a former drug dealer convicted of killing a 16-year-old Texas girl...
Attorney General urges SCOTUS to allow Florida execution, scheduled for next week
WFTV via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAttorney General Ashley Moody’s office urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject a request...
Inmate stuck on US death row despite vacated death sentence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen the U.S. prisons director visited the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, this past week, she...