5 U.S. death row inmates were executed in one week, the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that ...
The Death Penalty Fails America
More than half of American states have abolished the death penalty or hit pause on executions. Less than half—47%—of ...
Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed asks for DNA evidence to be retested
The highest court in the land did reject Reed’s request for a new trial in July of 2024. The rejection means the Texas Court ...
Texas State Representatives visit East Texas inmate on death row
A group of legislators from the Texas House of Representatives are urging clemency for Robert Roberson III, who is scheduled ...
Texas death row inmate with autism receives widespread support to stop execution
Robert Roberson, a Texas death row inmate with autism, gains support to halt his execution scheduled for October 17 amid new ...
Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s team argues for additional DNA testing in 5th Circuit
Read more The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Monday on two issues pursued by death row ...
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Rare show of Texas bipartisanship urges clemency for death row inmate scheduled to die on Oct. 17
Robert Roberson was convicted in 2002 of shaking his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, to death at his home in Palestine, Texas. Shaken baby syndrome is a controversial child abuse theory that has since ...
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Author John Grisham joins bid to save Texas death row inmate
Lawmakers in Texas, medical experts and the best-selling novelist John Grisham are pushing to save an autistic death row ...
Texas man executed for killing infant son after waiving right to appeal death sentence
HUNTSVILLE — A Texas man who had waived his right to appeal his death sentence was put to death Tuesday evening for killing ...
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Death row killer's chilling final words moments before he is executed with nitrogen gas
Alan Miller, 57, was executed by the state of Alabama on Thursday night after being convicted of killing three co-workers in ...