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 ...
Advocates push for changes to Georgia’s death penalty structure
Georgia remains the only state where it must be proven “beyond a reasonable doubt,” the highest standard of proof in law.
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Death Penalty Fast Facts
According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 25 people were executed in the United States in 2024. The number of death sentences imposed was 26. There are 2,092 people on death row in the United ...
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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 ...
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Cleveland Clark was taken off death row and handed a life sentence for the brutal killing of Sparkle Rai.
A grisly case that took over national news years ago, involving a hitman hired to kill a Black Atlanta woman, now has a new development. The convicted killer is no longer sentenced to be executed.
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Woman arrested in Georgia, charged with killing 9-year-old son, burying him in backyard
His mother was arrested days later in Cobb County, Georgia on drug charges and is ... “The cause of death according to the Medical Examiner was smothering and neck compression,” Wayne County ...
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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; ...
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The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’ Death Row
A remarkable alliance between an order of Catholic nuns and the women on Texas's death row. 2 hour 28 min listen For the best audio experience, scan the code with your phone to download the New ...
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OKC woman on death row says prosecutors sex shamed her; U.S. Supreme Court orders review
OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of convicted murderer Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, ordering a lower court to review whether she got a ...
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Death Row killer who raped and murdered woman executed with nitrogen gas as mum pleads
A Death Row sicko who was convicted of raping and murdering a woman in her home has become the fourth person to be executed using the contentious nitrogen gas method. Despite pleas from his mother ...
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San Antonio church provided spiritual comfort for first woman on death row in Texas
His messages seemed to change the life of an unlikely follower, the first woman in Texas who was sent to death row. A banner in the back of the church tells the story of Emma "Straight Eight" Oliver.
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Mum's plea as Death Row sicko who raped and murdered woman in her home is executed with nitrogen gas
A sick Death Row killer who raped and murdered a woman in her home has become just the fourth to be executed using the controversial nitrogen gas method tonight. Despite his mother's pleas ...