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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.
Oscar Franklin Smith, Tennessee death row inmate, declines to select execution method
Oscar Franklin Smith, a Tennessee death row inmate scheduled to die on May 22, declined to select a method meaning it ...
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 ...
US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, ...
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 ...
Execution date set for man on Mississippi death row for nearly 50 years
Richard Gerald Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row since 1977. The state has set an execution date of June 25, saying ...
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New bill could bring back death by firing squad option for NC death row inmates
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution ...
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US Supreme Court Declines Review of Mississippi Death Row Inmate's Convictions in Killings of 8
US Supreme Court Declines Review of Mississippi Death Row Inmate's Convictions in Killings of 8 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Mississippi death row ...
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US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions in killings of 8
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a ...
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U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal for Mississippi death row inmate
Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate.Willie Cory Godbolt had appealed his conviction and was sentenced for a 2017 Memorial Day weekend ...