16 h. ago Death Row inmate cleared of tot's bathtub murder after case was 'built on junk science'

Jimmie Duncan spent nearly three decades on death row after being jailed for raping and drowning his girlfriend's toddler, but his conviction was overturned over questionable 'bite mark evidence'

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56 h. ago 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

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5 d. ago 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, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff

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2 w. ago Death row inmates sue to stop Trump from sending them to prison that housed Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber

Attorney says Trump administration is ‘just assuming they are the worst of the worst by virtue of their death sentences’

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3 w. ago Morbidly obese Death Row prisoner's final meal was exactly what you'd expect it to be

A morbidly obese Death Row inmate – dubbed a 'fledgling serial killer' – has been executed after eating a last meal some would say was expected for a man of his stature

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3 w. ago Morbidly obese death row inmate's final meal revealed as he's executed after claiming to be too fat for lethal injection

Michael Tanzi, branded a 'fledgling serial killer,' was put to death just after 6pm on Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Raiford after his lawyers tried to stave off his morbid end.

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