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Death row inmates in Texas no longer get final meal because of one man's very specific request
Lawrence Russell Brewer was the last death row inmate in Texas that was allowed to choose what his final meal was before his ...
Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who's been on death row since 1976
Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed on June 25, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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State's Longest Death-Row Inmate Gets an Execution Date
Mississippi's Supreme Court has set June 25 as the execution date for Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's longest-serving ...
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Mississippi Supreme Court sets execution date for man on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court has set an execution date for the man who has been on the state’s death row longer than any ...
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.
Execution date set for Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Mississippi set an execution date for Richard Gerald Jordan nearly 50 years after he murdered Edwina Marter in Harrison County.