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After Federal Judge Upholds Lethal Injection Protocol, Oklahoma Makes Plans to Execute One Person Nearly Every Month Through 2024

Elura NanosJul 5th
Justice Barrett Dissents in Case Where High Court Allows Death Row Inmate to Litigate His Method of Execution

Colin KalmbacherJun 23rd
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty Against Arizona Grandma and Husband Accused of ‘Especially Heinous’ Murder of 11-Year-Old

Jerry LambeJun 22nd
Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty for Aspiring Musician Accused of Mysterious Golf Course Triple Murder

Colin KalmbacherJun 8th
‘Truly Evil’ N.C. Dad Sentenced to Death for ‘Especially Heinous, Atrocious, and Cruel’ Murder of Teen Daughter

Jerry LambeJun 6th
SCOTUS Orders Death Row Inmate’s Appeal Reconsidered in Light of Separate Recent Opinion That Justice Sotomayor Called ‘Perverse’

Elura NanosMay 31st
SCOTUS Rules Two Death Row Inmates Cannot Show Evidence of Their Lawyers’ Ineffectiveness

Elura NanosMay 23rd
SCOTUS Again Denied Petition of Arizona’s Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate. Breyer Was Not Pleased.

Elura NanosMay 23rd
Judge: Arizona Can Execute Man Who Raped and Murdered 21-Year-Old Woman Just Two Days After Acquittal by ‘Reason of Insanity’ in a Different Assault Case Overseen by Sandra Day O’Connor

Colin KalmbacherMay 4th
Texas Criminal Appeals Court Issues Stay of Execution for Mother on Death Row

Marisa SarnoffApr 25th
Mother Convicted of Murdering Baby Daughter Finds Chorus of Believers in Her Innocence as Scheduled Execution Date Nears

Marisa SarnoffApr 21st
Justice Sotomayor Says SCOTUS Turned a ‘Blind Eye’ to Racial Bias Claims of Man Sentenced to Die for Dallas Dentist’s Murder

Adam KlasfeldApr 18th
Man Convicted of Murder for Shooting a Victim ‘Through His Heart’ Chooses to Die by Firing Squad After State Says It Can’t Find Lethal Injection Drugs

Aaron KellerApr 16th
Texas District Attorney Files Motion to Halt Execution of Death Row Inmate John Henry Ramirez, But Not Because of Anything SCOTUS Had to Say

Elura NanosApr 15th
State Seeks Execution of Former Defense Lawyer Who Fell in Love with Client and Allegedly Helped Him Murder Ex-Girlfriend, Victim’s Parents

Aaron KellerApr 1st
SCOTUS Sides With Death Row Inmate Who Wants Baptist Pastor to ‘Lay Hands’ On Him During Execution

Elura NanosMar 24th
Prosecutor: If Man Accused of Killing Pregnant Wife as She Begged Doesn’t Warrant Capital Punishment, Then ‘We Don’t Need the Death Penalty in the State of Alabama’

Jerry LambeMar 7th
SCOTUS Reinstates Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence, But Justices Barrett and Gorsuch Express Key Doubts About Appellate Court Powers

Elura NanosMar 4th
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty Against N.C. Mom Accused of Killing 5-Year-Old in What Police Officer Called ‘Worst Case of Abuse’ He’s Seen in 16 Years

Jerry LambeFeb 28th
State Seeks Death Penalty for Parents Accused of ‘Especially Heinous’ Murder of Adopted Daughter Found Skeletonized in Burned Attic

Jerry LambeJan 28th