Man who put another on death row now says the accused is innocent. | The Excerpt
Robert Roberson sits on death row in Texas. The man largely responsible for putting him there is Brian Wharton who now says ...
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What really happens during an inmate's final hours on death row
We hear about inmates dying having served years on death row all the time, but do you know what happens in their final ...
Opinion: Kevin Burns should be out of Tennessee death row. Our new book tells his story
In this opinion essay, Pastor Kevin Riggs shares how he met death row inmate Kevin Burns and why they wrote a book together ...
Dem lawmaker reintroduces death row appeals bill allowing for introduction of newly discovered evidence
Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson reintroduced for a third time a death row appeals bill that would allow inmates to introduce newly ...
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East Texas man on death row loses one of his final appeals to stop execution
The state’s highest criminal court’s refusal to stay the Oct. 17 execution leaves the Palestine man with few options amid ...
Former boxer who served world's longest sentence on death row speaks out after murder acquittal: "Finally I have won"
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction.
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He’s been on death row for decades. Alabama ‘downplays’ DNA that points to someone else, judge says
“And unlike people, DNA doesn’t lie ... In 2001, while Barbour was on death row, he provided an affidavit. “I gave those ...
Splintered Supreme Court Wrestles With Case of Oklahoma Death Row Inmate
Some justices said the court was powerless to grant relief to the inmate, Richard Glossip. Others seemed ready to order a new ...
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Texas prisoners, including death row inmates, may be able to vote under little-known elections law
Many state prison inmates in Texas, including people on death row, are eligible to vote — and might not even know it.
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Fight Over Control of Death Row Cases Heads to Tennessee Supreme Court
A dispute between Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and locally elected district attorneys over who controls some ...
The ACLU of South Carolina is Suing To Publish Interviews With a Death Row Inmate
A federal appeals court will soon decide if there is a First Amendment right to interview people in prison in the case of a ...
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Texas prisoners, including death row inmates, may be able to vote under little-known elections law
Texas elections law says state prison inmates who are appealing their convictions are eligible to register. Many lawyers and voting rights advocates were unaware of the rule. The Allan B.