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A Play About a Breakdown Was a 2000 Hit. What Do Audiences Say Today?
Psychosis” premiered to rave reviews shortly after the playwright killed herself. A quarter-century later, the original cast ...
Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state's longest-serving death row inmate, for 1976 murder
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.
Longest-serving Miss. death row inmate Richard Gerald Jordan thankful for ‘humane’ execution
Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied without comment by the U.S. Supreme Court, was sentenced to death in 1976 ...
Rights groups urge Calif. governor to grant clemency to all on death row
More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death sentences over accusations of its constitutionality and racial discrimination.
Louisiana AG Liz Murrill asks state Supreme Court to expedite executions for 5 death row inmates
The five death row inmates in post-conviction relief are Larry Roy, Antoinette Frank, Robert Miller, Marcus Reed and Davie Bowie.
Louisiana Supreme Court asked to review death row post-conviction relief cases to develop standards for lower courts
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is seeking the Louisiana Supreme Court to review five death row post-conviction relief cases and develop standards for district courts to use, in order to ...
The making of a global superstar
Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pam and Joe Bryant, who is a professional basketball player. Bryant ...