Florida and Texas execute intellectually disabled death row inmates
The US carried out a double state killing on Thursday, with two states executing intellectually disabled death row inmates.
Judge says lethal injection doesn’t violate rights of man on death row, avoids firing squad question
A federal judge has ruled against a man on Georgia’s death row who argued that lethal injection could cause him excruciating ...
Stateville inmates with violent records wound up in medium-security prisons
When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.
Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...
Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's written two books about his life.
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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 ...
South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
South Carolina went 13 years between executions before restarting them last year in part because the state couldn't obtain drugs for lethal injections. A shield law passed in 2023 keeps private the ...
‘Let’s go’: Alabama death row inmate becomes fourth prisoner to be executed with nitrogen gas
Alabama death row inmate becomes fourth prisoner to be executed with nitrogen gas - Demetrius Terrence Frazier, 52, was ...
Alabama inmate Demetrius Frazier executed by nitrogen gas for 1991 Birmingham slaying: ‘Let’s go'
It is Alabama’s first execution for 2025 after having led the nation in 2024 with six executions -by either lethal injection ...
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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Death Row Inmate Marion Bowman, Who Refused Plea Deal, to Be Executed
Bowman's execution would be South Carolina's third in four months as it works through a backlog of death row inmates whose appeals ... South Carolina was once among the most active states for ...