Georgia Lawmakers Consider Easing One of the Nation's Toughest Death Penalty Laws
Lawmakers have tried multiple times to change Georgia's strict legal standard to prove that someone has an intellectual ...
South Carolina Supreme Court denies death row inmate's request to delay his execution
Brad Sigmon’s attorneys asked the court to reconsider an earlier delay denial based on questions about the effectiveness of ...
Georgia House advances bill to ease death penalty law for intellectually disabled people
The Georgia House unanimously passed a bill to lessen the threshold for a person facing the death penalty to be deemed ...
'I'm angry': Death Row inmate David Leonard Wood says he's innocent as execution nears
Wood's conviction of the murders of six women and girls in El Paso, Texas in 1987 was largely based on circumstantial ...
Alabama Death Row inmate Toforest Johnson’s lawyers push for new trial after Steve Marshall’s ‘alarming’ actions
Toforest Johnson has always maintained his innocence, and the DA is unsure of his conviction. But Alabama Attorney General ...
After woman on death row, two more Indian nationals executed in UAE
Two Indian nationals who were on death row have been executed in the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ), the foreign ministry said, ...
What’s next for former Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip after the Supreme Court ordered he receive a new trial
After nearly three decades maintaining his innocence on Oklahoma’s death row, Richard Glossip this week now has the ...
Alabama governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers' sentence to life in prison
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about ...
Louisiana and Arkansas look to nitrogen executions
Alabama in 2024 became the first state to carry out a nitrogen gas execution. Now, at least two states are looking to follow ...
Second death penalty trial begins for man who ambushed and killed Sacramento police rookie
Adel Ramos pleaded guilty to the 2019 murder of officer Tara O’Sullivan, but a jury deadlocked last year on whether he should ...
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Tennessee's death row has been on hold for five years. Four inmates are now scheduled to die.
Four people are now set for execution in 2025 after years of Tennessee pausing its execution process for death penalty cases.
Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers say autism makes him ineligible for death penalty
Bryan Kohberger’s legal team is contending his autism diagnosis should prevent him from receiving the death penalty if he’s found guilty of murdering four University of Idaho students ...