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Tennessee death row inmate makes last-ditch effort to prevent Aug. 5 execution
Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution. In Nashville’s ...
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Tennessee death row inmate served last meal before execution
Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...
Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...
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Dylann Roof killed my mom and cousins. But I still oppose the death penalty.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ended its work for the session, but this week marks the anniversaries of two landmark decisions on ...