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Latest death penalty Stories
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  • SCOTUS Again Denied Petition of Arizona's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate. Breyer Was Not Pleased.

    Elura NanosMay 23rd
     
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  • 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

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  • 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
     
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