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Mississippi executes inmate after nearly 50 years. Is death penalty legal in PA, NJ?
Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court is allowing states to cut off Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood amid a wider Republican-backed ...
Supreme Court Sides With Capital Defendant Seeking DNA Testing
In a 6-3 ruling Thursday by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the court said federal courts can review Ruben Gutierrez’ challenge to ...
Justices side with Texas death row inmate seeking DNA testing to show he shouldn't be executed
Last year, the high court granted Ruben Gutierrez a reprieve 20 minutes before he was to receive a lethal injection.
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Death row spiritual adviser bears witness in execution chamber
The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in Florida.  The Rev. Jeff Hood is “determined to let people know you’re ...
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Death Row Inmate Gets Excecuted After 30 Years
On June 24, death row inmate Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke, ...
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Man on death row for nearly 50 years dies by lethal injection as US state executions rise
A man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been executed in Mississippi. Richard Gerald Jordan died by lethal ...
Mississippi executes Richard Jordan, state's longest-serving death row inmate, for 1976 murder
Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.