40 h. ago 'I want to be remembered.' Death row inmate auctions his San Quentin journals, art for $80,000

'I want to be remembered.' Death row inmate auctions his San Quentin journals, art for $80,000  Los Angeles Times

Economics

40 h. ago 'I want to be remembered.' Death row inmate puts San Quentin journals, art up for sale at $80,000

'I want to be remembered.' Death row inmate puts San Quentin journals, art up for sale at $80,000  Los Angeles Times

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3 d. ago Lawyers for 'morbidly obese' Florida death row inmate argue his weight could cause botched lethal injection

Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could lead to a botched lethal injection.

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3 d. ago South Carolina death row inmate invokes 'sovereign citizen' defense in bid to avoid execution

A last-ditch effort from attorneys of a death row inmate argue that his beliefs about being a "sovereign citizen" could be considered insanity and should spare him from execution.

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6 d. ago Second South Carolina inmate chooses execution by firing squad

A second South Carolina death row inmate, Mikal Mahdi, 41, has chosen execution by firing squad on April 11 following his guilty murder plea.

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1 week ago Florida executes convicted murderer, child rapist by lethal injection after SCOTUS denies appeals

Edward James, 63, was executed by the State of Florida on Thursday for the 1993 murders of 8-year-old Toni Neuner and her grandmother, 58-year-old Betty Dick.

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2 w. ago K.W. Lee, Journalist Who Gave a Voice to Asian American Communities, Dies at 96

His reporting sought to humanize and unite Asian Americans. It also led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row.

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2 w. ago Convicted murderer becomes Louisiana's first nitrogen gas execution after appeal denied

A convicted murderer and Louisiana death row inmate had his appeal denied hours before he is set to be executed by nitrogen gas, a method never used in the state before.

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3 w. ago Idaho becomes first state to prefer death by firing squad for executions

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill on Wednesday making death by firing squad the preferred method for executions, and death by lethal injection the second preferred method.

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3 w. ago Louisiana is locked in a legal battle over its planned execution of a death row inmate

Louisiana has hit a roadblock in its plan to resume executions after a 15-year pause. At issue is the method -- death by nitrogen gas -- an which has been used only a handful of times in Alabama and puts one religious group in particular on edge.

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3 w. ago Texas execution of 'desert killer,' on death row for 30 years, blocked by court

David Wood, 67, was sentenced to death in 1992 for the killing of six woman and girls in El Paso, Texas. He has spent nearly 33 years on death row for the crimes.

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3 w. ago Bryan Kohberger defense ramps up legal maneuvers in bid to keep Idaho murders suspect off death row

Bryan Kohberger wants to stop Idaho prosecutors from discussing "murder," "bushy eyebrows" and psychopaths in his upcoming student murders trial.

Events

3 w. ago U.S. Firing Squad Executions Are Rare, but Their History Is Long

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die that way in some states.

Politics

3 w. ago South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years

South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years  CNN

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3 w. ago Brad Sigmon: South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years

Brad Sigmon: South Carolina death row inmate to be executed by firing squad, first in US in 15 years  CNN

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4 w. ago Man on death row supports class at USF, ahead of theatrical premiere based on his writing, life

Man on death row supports class at USF, ahead of theatrical premiere based on his writing, life  KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

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