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Lawmakers vote down bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
Washington Post· 7 days agoThe House Judiciary Committee voted 9-4 against the bill that would give life without parole...
The book club that meets in the Cook County Jail
Chicago Tribune· 11 hours agoFor college senior Nana Ampofo, an unconventional book club inside one of the nation’s largest jails has transformed her career ambitions. Each week, the...
House committee fails to advance bill allowing resentencing for some death row inmates
WAAY-TV Huntsville· 6 days agoA House committee shot down a bill requiring courts to re-sentence felons sent to death row despite...
Federal judge orders Alameda County to review death penalty cases
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoDozens of death penalty convictions in Alameda County must be reviewed after prosecutors there were...
Medcalf: Exonerated of murder, author will speak at our Minneapolis book club about 'life and...
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 15 hours agoFor nearly a decade, Anthony Ray Hinton has had the same conversations with folks he's met since his...
Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber
Book Reporter· 4 days agoIn 2018, after nearly a decade’s hiatus, the state of Tennessee began executing death row inmates, bucking national trends that showed the death ...
Drought, food shortages and deadly heat: El Niño has ended but its impacts are still being felt
Euronews via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoAid agency Oxfam warned that more than 20 million people were facing hunger, malnutrition and water...
After 15 Years on Death Row, A Texas Mother May Turn Out to Be Innocent
The Root· 5 days agoIt’s alleged that investigators coerced Lucio into making a false confession regarding having a hand...
Judge denies Carr brothers’ request for new sentence in death penalty murder case
The Wichita Eagle· 2 days agoA judge has denied a request by death-row inmates Jonathan and Reginald Carr to be resentenced in a December 2000 crime spree that included five murders ...
Medcalf: Exonerated of murder, author will speak at our Minneapolis book club about 'life and...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoFor nearly a decade, Anthony Ray Hinton has had the same conversations with folks he's met since his release in 2015 after serving nearly 30 years on death row< ...