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Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...
Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who’s been on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25.
Death Row Inmate’s Appeal of Texas DNA Procedure Fizzles Out
A death row inmate was unable to convince a federal appeals court that Texas’ post-conviction DNA-testing procedures violate his right to due process on Thursday.
US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, ...
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Texas man is executed for the 2004 strangling and stabbing death of a young mother
This image provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas death row inmate Moises Sandoval Mendoza. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing ...
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New bill could bring back death by firing squad option for NC death row inmates
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution ...
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Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man's lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate's ...
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U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal for Mississippi death row inmate
Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate.Willie Cory Godbolt had appealed his conviction and was sentenced for a 2017 Memorial Day weekend ...
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US Supreme Court Declines Review of Mississippi Death Row Inmate's Convictions in Killings of 8
US Supreme Court Declines Review of Mississippi Death Row Inmate's Convictions in Killings of 8 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Mississippi death row ...