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Arizona to execute 1st death row inmate in 2 years

Florida death row inmate to be executed for 1997 murder of husband and wife witnessed by toddler

The execution of 64-year-old James Dennis Ford is set for 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison under a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January

USA Today · 21h

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.

floridaphoenix · 2d

Attorneys for Florida death row inmate file for stay of execution to U.S. Supreme Court

Attorneys for convicted murderer James Ford have filed legal briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to halt his execution, scheduled to take place in Florida Thursday evening. The Florida Supreme Court on Friday upheld a decision by a Charlotte County circuit judge in January that rejected Ford’s argument that his execution

CBS News · 11h

Execution date set for Arizona inmate who says his death sentence is "long overdue"

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after more than a decade of issues.

The Independent on MSN · 1d

Arizona to execute first death row inmate in two years

Arizona to execute first death row inmate in two years - Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2002 shooting death of Ted Price, his girlfriend’s ex-husband

Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently

NOLA.com · 1d

Why 1st death row killing in 15 years is off, even as Louisiana plans to resume executions

Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday that the state had developed a protocol for executing people with nitrogen gas, allowing it to resume executions after 15 years. At least three district attorneys have since sought death warrants.

The Boston Globe · 1d

Louisiana seeks to resume executions imminently after a 15-year pause

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday.

CBS News on MSN · 22h

Louisiana resuming executions after 15 years, advances nitrogen gas method

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the experimental method nitrogen hypoxia.

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Man on death row for killing Georgia couple declares hunger strike over jail conditions

Howard Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders eight years earlier of newlyweds Adam Chrismer, 17, and Samantha ...

A Tennessee inmate on death row says he is on hunger strike over medical care and other issues

A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

Death Row inmate James Dennis Ford's life shaped by alcohol, loss before couple's murder

Ford was convicted of murdering Kimberly and Gregory Malnory, whose toddler daughter was found covered in her mother's blood ...

The New Yorker2d

The Ladies on Death Row

From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

2don MSN

What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

2don MSN

Black Man’s Compromised Capital Trial Could Lead To North Carolina Death Row Inmates Being Resentenced

Death row inmates in North Carolina may be resentenced after a judge ruled last week that Hasson Bacote's capital trial was ...

The New Yorker2d

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 ...

6don MSN

Idaho’s push to execute death row prisoners by firing squad clears House, heads to Senate

This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...

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