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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate pushing for DNA evidence tests
Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that ...
Execution completed by lethal injection for Mississippi murderer Richard Jordan at Parchman
Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...
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Indiana officials request execution date for Roy Lee Ward amid death penalty debate
Indiana seeks execution date for Roy Lee Ward, despite previous plans to pause lethal injection drug purchases.
Justice Thomas unloads on SCOTUS for handing death row inmates 'a tool for obstruction' that will worsen 'already egregious delays'
For Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS had "no business intervening" in Ruben Gutierrez's DNA case and, as a result, handed death row ...
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State's longest-serving death row inmate to be executed but with court order in place
Despite decades of attempted legal interference and motions filed to prevent it, Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate is scheduled to be executed Wednesday at the Mississippi State ...