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Execution date set for man who's been on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25 ...
Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man's lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a ...
After Biden commuted federal death row sentences, DAs are weighing state charges
A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...
Several DAs Consider Charges Against Former Death Row Inmates With Commuted Sentences: Report
NBC News reported on Sunday that several district attorneys are considering, or have considered, state charges against some ...
Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.
La. Supreme Court grants Caddo death row inmate more time to file for post-conviction relief
A hearing was held Thursday, April 17 in Caddo District Court for a death row inmate who is trying to appeal his sentence.
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Louisiana judge nullifies death row inmate’s murder conviction that was based on junk science
A Louisiana judge this week set aside the first-degree murder conviction and death sentence of Jimmie Chris Duncan, whose ...
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Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
But it did dramatically upend their lives. Hundreds of death row inmates from San Quentin have been scattered among two dozen institutions across the state, while the 18 condemned women who had ...
Louisiana death row inmate’s murder conviction overturned, district attorney plans to appeal
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The district attorney says they plan to appeal the April 23 overturning of Jimmie Duncan’s 1998 murder ...