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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
Trump wants mandatory death penalty trials. NC tried that and it failed | Opinion
North Carolina is still feeling the adverse impact of the mandatory death penalty prosecution law, despite its repeal. | ...
Ohio lawmakers make new play to end the death penalty: Ban state-funded abortions, too
Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and ...
South Carolina death row inmate maintains his innocence and won’t ask for clemency
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...
Did 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Footage Truly Save a Man from Death Row? There's More to the Story
Snopes learned critical information missing from online posts and videos after interviewing the attorney who represented the ...
Biden Didn't Pardon Murderers on Death Row. He Gave Them Life in Prison
Former U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 people on federal death row to life imprisonment. A ...
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Acquitted longest-serving death row inmate seeks US$1.3m from Japan
The world's longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more than US$1.3 million in ...
Death row inmate opts not to appeal to SC governor for mercy
Marion Bowman has decided not to seek clemency from South Carolina’s governor, guaranteeing he will face the death chamber ...
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Mother of murderer urges Gov. Whitmer to rescue son from Alabama’s death penalty
Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ...
South Carolina executes Marion Bowman Jr., first death penalty carried out in US this year
Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted of shooting and killing a young mother, 21 year-old Kandee Martin, in Dorchester County, South Carolina ...
With final appeals denied, SC death row inmate will not ask governor for mercy
Marion Bowman Jr. was 20 years-old when he shot and killed Kandee Martin in Dorchester County, South Carolina.
Austin Sarat: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time
This new script is exemplified by stories of death row inmates who have been freed by revelations of injustice and of others who were executed despite strong cases for exoneration.