Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
Texas continues to lead other states on capital punishment. But the decline in new death sentences and executions reached a ...
He's scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Feb. 5 ... after receiving a law-of-the-parties instruction, a part of Texas law that allows juries to convict a defendant for felonies ...
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order on the death penalty Monday, directing the attorney general to “take ...
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The ...
Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs by: ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press Posted: Jan 20, 2025 / 09:10 PM CST ...
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE – In 1982, Texas was the first in the world to execute an inmate by lethal injection, its first execution since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s latest execution should be halted so that lawyers for the condemned inmate can get more information about the drug used for lethal injection after the ...