Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas’ death row over judge’s antisemitic bias
A Texas appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Jewish man on death row because of antisemitic bias by the judge in his ...
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How division over a Texas death row inmate’s guilt became a battle between branches of government
The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...
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Death row inmate looks to Seventh Circuit for spousal visitation rights
The inmate sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2021 after they denied his wife's visitation request because he did not have ...
The Clarion-Ledger28d
Mississippi's death row: A closer look as AG Fitch seeks execution dates for prisoners
In the past year, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has sought execution dates for three men on death row and is fighting the continuing legal proceedings for others. Most recently Fitch ...
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Bryan Kohberger's defense argues against death penalty, calls death row "dehumanizing"
“When somebody sits on death row and there’s no real means of executing them, that is dehumanizing to that person," Taylor ...
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Death Row Records founder endorses Trump after clemency
Michael “Harry O” Harris, one of the founders of the legendary hip-hop label Death Row Records, endorsed former President Trump on Monday, according to The Washington Post. The former ...
Newsweek7d
Joe Biden Urged To Prevent Death Row Execution Spree Under Trump
After Trump won a second term on Wednesday, the Rev. Sharon Risher sent Biden a letter urging him to take action, including by commuting the sentences of all inmates on federal death row ...
Houston Public Media10d
Robert Roberson’s death row case raises questions over capital punishment fairness
The legal standoff continues over Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson and a subpoena calling for him to testify before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence. Texas Attorney ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers22d
Six death row inmates killed on the Treasure Coast; See how that number could double
If a judge this month orders Eriese Tisdale to Florida’s death row for the 2013 murder of St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Sgt. Gary Morales, he’ll join six condemned prisoners from the Treasure ...
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Japanese man who spent more than 50 years on death row receives face-to-face apology
Iwao Hakamada, 88, was kept on death row for more than 50 of those years before being acquitted in a retrial last month. Shizuoka District Court said police and prosecutors had collaborated to ...
Dallas Morning News27d
What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
As of Wednesday, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...
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Former Virginia death row inmate turned jailhouse lawyer dies at 67
Giarratano, who spent years on Virginia’s death row and became a well-regarded legal scholar and advocate for prisoners’ rights. Giarratano died on Oct. 6 in Salem. He was 67. Joe Giarratano ...