Brittany Holberg, inmate on Texas death row for 27 years, has her conviction tossed by federal appeals court
A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.
Prison officer reveals 'worst' thing about death row after USA visit and it's terrifying
Alex South visited the USA during her time working in some of the toughest high-security prisons in the United Kingdom ...
Texas court delays execution of man on death row for 32 years, days before he was set to die
A Texas appeals court on Tuesday halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die by lethal injection this week over the killings of six girls and ...
Louisiana execution recharges debate on death by nitrogen gas
The country’s first execution using nitrogen gas was carried out last year in Alabama, which has now been used to execute four people in the state. If Hoffman’s execution doesn’t get halted, Louisiana ...
Killer’s biblical last words before being first to be executed by firing squad in 15 years
A double-murderer quoted the Bible and called on Christians in his last words before becoming the first US death row inmate ...
Attorneys for death row inmate work to halt gas execution
The State of Louisiana plans to execute the first death row inmate in more than a decade and the first by nitrogen gas, but ...
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Louisiana death row inmate seeks more ‘humane’ method of execution
A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more ...
Louisiana death row inmate who is scheduled to die by nitrogen hypoxia challenges the method
A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried out using a more humane method ...
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Louisiana death row inmate seeks more ‘humane’ method of execution
Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.
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South Carolina kills death-row prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
In a final statement read before his death, Sigmon said he wanted his "closing ... “Even though [a firing squad] was used in our very first execution in 1608, we’ve never had this many states ...
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Death row inmate James Dennis Ford who violently killed couple on hunting trip with their 23-month-old daughter is set to be executed
Death row inmate James Dennis ... the couple to go on a hunting trip with them. Meeting them at the farm, Ford quickly attacked the couple with a rifle. He first shot him in the head, before ...
Supreme Court won’t halt firing squad execution of South Carolina inmate
The Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s last-ditch effort to avoid execution Friday night, clearing the way for the ...