Judge denies petition to appeal death penalty for only inmate on South Dakota's death row
A federal court judge has denied Briley Wayne Piper's petition to to appeal his death sentence. The man remains on death row.
After nearly 30 years on death row, he’s fighting for NC to give him a basic education
Marcus Mitchell has advocated for access to a high school education for individuals on death row for nearly two decades. Now, ...
Kevin Burns, Tennessee's death row pastor, has hope despite his circumstances
Kevin Burns says every day is the best day of his life. In his nearly 30 years on death row, he has been ordained as a pastor and started a church.
Tennessee's death row inmates sue to stop lethal injection protocol: 'A torturous death'
“This culture of noncompliance, when combined with the risk-prone nature of pentobarbital poisoning as a method of execution, ...
Death penalty debate intensifies as Tennessee set to resume executions with new drug
Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying ...
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Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions. Here are the 56 people on Angola's death row.
Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute ...
Tennessee death row inmates sue state over new execution protocols
The suit claims the state’s lethal injection protocol constitutes violations of the state and federal constitutions.
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Tennessee Death Row Prisoners Challenge State’s New Lethal Injection Protocol over Risk of Torturous Executions
Nine men on death row in Tennessee have filed a legal challenge against the state’s newly-adopted lethal injection protocol, ...
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Here’s how people on death row meet their ends in each state
As South Carolina prepares to execute a man by firing squad on Friday, here are the ways each state conducts capital punishment.
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Jessie Hoffman is put to death with nitrogen gas, Louisiana's first execution in 15 years
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended ...
The Times (Shreveport) on MSN6d
As Louisiana is set to resume executions, these 55 people are on death row
The state plans to use nitrogen hypoxia for the first time Tuesday when it’s scheduled to put Jessie Hoffman to death.
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Tennessee's death row inmates sue to stop lethal injection protocol: 'A torturous death'
Two of the men who have filed the lawsuit have execution dates set for this year. Nine inmates on Tennessee’s death row have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s new lethal injection ...