Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...
Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...
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During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...
Shamed Onto Death Row
When Brenda Andrew was on trial for murder in 2004 in Oklahoma, a prosecutor named Fern Smith turned to the jury and held up ...
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 ...
Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...
Alabama executed Demetrius Frazier for the 1991 murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown two days before Thanksgiving.
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 ...