17 hours ago Dr Phil warns Texas hearing that executing ‘shaken baby’ death row inmate would ‘100%’ be miscarriage of justice

The Texas Attorney General’s Office and Governor Greg Abbott have asked the state Supreme Court to vacate a subpoena for Robert Roberson to testify before a legislative committee

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23 hours ago Moment Japanese police chief bows and begs ex boxer for forgiveness over 'unspeakable mental distress' of being kept on death row for 50 years before his dramatic acquittal aged 88

Mr Hakamada had initially pleaded not guilty to stabbing four people to death in 1966, but confessed after 264 hours of intense and often violent interrogation

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25 hours ago Death Row man who 'wants to die' after killing brother finally given execution date

Joseph Corcoran was sentenced to death in 1999 after being convicted for the murder of three men – including his own brother – but has repeatedly asked to be executed

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27 hours ago A Japanese police chief apologizes to a man acquitted after 50 years on death row

A Japanese police chief has apologized to Iwao Hakamada for his decades-long suffering because of a wrongful conviction that had kept him on death row decades until last month when he was acquitted in a retrial

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35 hours ago The only death row inmate in America who is begging to die is finally given execution date

Joseph Corcoran, 49, killed his brother James and three other men in Fort Wayne in July of 1997 and has been on death row since his trial in 1999.

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