LA Times Today: Oscar-nominated short documentary explores Texas death penalty case
A new short documentary explores the life of death-row prisoner John Henry Ramirez before he was executed in 2022. “I Am ...
Death Row Inmate Marion Bowman, Who Refused Plea Deal, to Be Executed
Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old ...
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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
South Carolina Death Row Inmate Maintains His Innocence and Won't Ask for Clemency
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate, he decided not to ...
Ohio is Testing Radical Strategy To End Death Penalty
The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted ...
Death row inmate opts not to appeal to SC governor for mercy
Marion Bowman has decided not to seek clemency from South Carolina’s governor, guaranteeing he will face the death chamber ...
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Acquitted longest-serving death row inmate seeks $1.3 mn from Japan
The world's longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more than $1.3 million in ...
Ohio lawmakers make new play to end the death penalty: Ban state-funded abortions, too
Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and ...
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Mother of murderer urges Gov. Whitmer to rescue son from Alabama’s death penalty
Supporters of Demetrius Frazier, a Michigan prisoner facing execution in Alabama, are asking Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to ...
Biden Didn't Pardon Murderers on Death Row. He Gave Them Life in Prison
Former U.S. President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 of 40 people on federal death row to life imprisonment. A ...
Texas death row inmate gives last interview | Banfield
Steven Nelson, sentenced to die Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a pastor, tells his side of the story in a recorded ...
Legislation to prohibit death penalty popular at legislature hearing
Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...