Another South Carolina death row inmate chooses to die by firing squad 40 days after first execution
Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded guilty to murder for killing a police officer in 2004, is scheduled to be executed April 11.
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A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...
Suge Knight says Deion Sanders owes him money in jailhouse interview
Suge Knight may be known for his role in building the West Coast rap scene, but those days seem like a lifetime ago. During a ...
Oklahoma executes man who killed woman 20 years ago in home invasion
Wendell Grissom received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.m.
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DA Hochman reinstates the death penalty in LA County
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman has reinstated the death penalty as a prosecutorial option in murder ...
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Death Row Letters
Elaine* spent the final 20 years of her life writing letters to 25 long-term prisoners in the U.S. prison system. Each of the 24 men and the sole woman ...
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Florida Republican lawmakers push to expand state’s death penalty
New state bills aim to expand options for death row inmates’ executions to include firing squads and nitrogen gas and allow ...
Maxwell: The twisted ‘justice’ of Tommy Zeigler’s half-century on death row
If you want proof of how perilously flawed death penalty cases can be, look no further than Tommy Zeigler. Last week, Zeigler ...
Arizona executes convicted murderer Aaron Gunches
Arizona executed Aaron Gunches on the morning of March 19, 2025.Gunches was on death row for the 2002 murder of his ...
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Caddo DA seeks death warrant for death row inmate
District Attorney James Stewart filed the motion Monday asking for an execution date for murderer Darrell Dewayne Draughn.
Austin man remains on death row after U.S. Supreme Court denies second petition
Areli Escobar has sought a new trial since a damning audit of APD's crime lab. The same office that prosecuted him has ...
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World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after acquittal – that’s $85 for each day
A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was ...