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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
Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Man Accused of Shooting Neighbor’s 5-Year-Old Son in the Head in Front of Two Young Sisters

Jerry LambeJan 26th
SCOTUS Won’t Spare Death Penalty for Florida Man Convicted of Rape, Murder of 8-Year-Old Girl

Marisa SarnoffJan 24th
Tennessee Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Couple Charged with Woman’s ‘Especially Heinous’ Kidnapping, Torture, Rape, and Murder

Jerry LambeJan 11th
Stepdaughter Watches as Stepfather Who ‘Sexually Assaulted Her Three Times in Front of Her Dying Mother’ Is Put to Death

Aaron KellerNov 18th
Conservative Justices Question Religious Sincerity of Death Row Inmate Who Wants Pastor to Lay Hands on Him at Execution, Warn of Slippery Slope

Colin KalmbacherNov 9th
Nikolas Cruz Reportedly Seeks to Resurrect Plea Talks, But Jurors Will Likely Still Decide His Punishment in Parkland Shooting

Colin KalmbacherOct 14th
Alabama Man Who Murdered Pregnant Wife in Third Trimester and 3 Young Children Is Sentenced to Death

Jerry LambeOct 14th
Justice Barrett Questions Biden Admin’s ‘Endgame’ in Arguing for Reinstatement of Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence

Elura NanosOct 13th
Texas Court Recommends New Trial for Jewish Death Row Inmate Whose First Trial Was Overseen by ‘Anti-Semitic’ Judge

Colin KalmbacherOct 12th
Death Penalty Upheld for Ohio Man Who Murdered Cousin and Child, Parents

Marisa SarnoffOct 7th