Murderer on death row insists he is innocent in defiant seven-word admission
Steven Nelson was convicted of the murder of Clint Dobson, the pastor of the NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, ...
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The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...
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Does the death penalty deter crime?
The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...
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Death row inmate Marion Bowman Jr. maintains innocence as SC prepares to execute him
Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South ...
Bill to abolish the death penalty gaining bipartisan support in Indiana. Will it pass?
Ending capital punishment had been a dormant issue in Indiana, but advocates now believe a Republican-led effort to abolish ...
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South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won't ask for clemency
Henry McMaster. “Marion has steadfastly maintained his innocence of Kandee Martin’s murder, yet he has already spent more than half of his life on death row. He cannot in good conscience ask ...
Texas to execute Steven Nelson today for ambitious young pastor's murder. What to know.
Texas is set to execute Steven Nelson by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of beloved pastor Clint Dobson, ...
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What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
In November 2024, a judge concluded that she is “actually innocent” of capital murder ... and the U.S. military use the death penalty. Three states — California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania ...