4 d. ago Alabama Violated Constitutional Rights of Death Row Inmate, Appeals Court Rules

A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated Black potential jurors at his 1990 murder trial.

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9 d. ago Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman.

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1 week ago Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder

After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children.

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4 w. ago Death row inmate killed in California prison as guards deploy blast grenades to control violent mob attack

Kern Valley State Prison violence in California leaves death row inmate Julian Mendez dead in attack involving multiple inmates, prompting investigation by prison officials and district attorney.

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4 w. ago Utah killer with dementia is competent enough for death sentence to be carried out, judge rules

A convicted killer in Utah who developed dementia during his time on death row is competent enough to be executed, a state judge ruled on Friday.

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4 w. ago Sunny Jacobs, a Celebrity After Freed From Death Row, Dies at 77

Her story, fashioned into an Off Broadway play and television movies, was later questioned by an investigator in a 2021 book.

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