5 U.S. death row inmates were executed in one week, most in …
WEB1 day ago · Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the ...
Marcellus Williams execution brings fresh scrutiny to Supreme …
WEB1 day ago · The Supreme Court’s divided decision this week allowing Missouri to execute a man for a 1998 murder even though his conviction was contested by prosecutors has heaped renewed scrutiny on the ...
Japan court acquits a former boxer, the longest-serving death row ...
WEB4 days ago · A Japanese court has ruled that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder case, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death row.
Upcoming Executions - Death Penalty Information Center
WEBNov 17, 2017 · This page will be updated at 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours. Please scroll over each state on the above map to see the number of active and inactive death warrants, as well as …
World's longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan
WEB4 days ago · An 88-year-old man who is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been acquitted by a Japanese court, after it found that evidence used against him was fabricated. Iwao Hakamada, who ...
SC inmate is executed by lethal injection, 2 days after the witness ...
WEBSep 20, 2024 · This article has been updated with the execution. COLUMBIA — Freddie Owens was executed Friday evening by lethal injection, after his attorneys’ last-chance appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court failed to stop it. Owens was pronounced dead at 6:55 p.m., making him the first inmate executed in South Carolina in …
Death Penalty Information Center
WEB4 days ago · The Center also produces groundbreaking reports on various issues related to the death penalty such as arbitrariness, costs, innocence, and race.
Supreme Court could overturn Oklahoma death row inmate's …
WEBJan 22, 2024 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly …
Alabama puts to death Kenneth Smith in first known execution …
WEBJan 25, 2024 · Alabama on Thursday night executed Kenneth Smith, the first death row inmate known to die by nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a wholly new method of execution in the United States that...
Supreme Court Stays Execution of Death Row Inmate Richard …
WEBMay 5, 2023 · WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution on Friday to Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, after the state’s attorney general, …
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