Alabama death row inmate Demetrius Frazier’s final words revealed as he’s executed for 1991 murder
Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown at the Holman Correctional Facility. Frazier, 52, was convicted of capital murder for breaking into Pauline Brown’s Birmingham apartment and raping her at gunpoint before killing her when he was 19.
Clemency denied for death row inmate
A death penalty date for Wendell Grissom will stand after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied him clemency on Wednesday morning.
Texas death row inmate’s final words before execution are revealed
The execution was the second this year in the U.S. and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months, according to the Associated Press. Steven Lawayane Nelson, 37, was executed via lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:50pm CST at the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville.
Death row inmate’s chilling last words for warden before lethal injection are revealed
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was convicted for the 2011 killing of Rev. Clint Dobson and put to death on Wednesday.
Death Row inmate's haunting last words just before execution for pastor's murder
Steven Lawayne Nelson was convicted of murder after suffocating a pastor in his own church during a robbery, as well as beating the church secretary, has been put to death overnight
Texas death row inmate executed by lethal injection gives chilling last message
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was killed via lethal injection on Wednesday evening - the second execution in the country this year.
Judge finds racial bias tainted jury selection in Black man's death row case
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...
Idaho’s push to execute death row prisoners by firing squad clears House, heads to Senate
This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...
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Looking back and ahead in SD’s only death row case
Higgins Gulch in western South Dakota was where the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office found the body of 19-year-old Allan ...
Race was ‘a significant factor’ in Johnston County death penalty case, NC judge rules
Attorneys for the state said they planned to appeal the superior court judge’s ruling to the NC Supreme Court.
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How did a Harris County man spend nearly half-a-century on death row without being executed?
Clarence Jordan has been a death row inmate for 47 years, yet his execution was never carried out. Jordan, now 68, was convicted of the 1977 murder and robbery of Houston grocery store worker, Joe ...
Oklahoma board denies clemency for man on death row, clears path for March execution
An Oklahoma board has rejected clemency for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a woman during a 2005 home-invasion ...
Indonesia hands over French death row prisoner for repatriation
Indonesia has handed over to French authorities a man on death row for drug offences who will start his return to his home ...
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Death row populations are shrinking across country
Death row populations in the United States have declined to historic lows. The Death Penalty Policy Project reviewed 50 years of data and found that U.S. death rows shrank more last year than any ...
Bondi seeks to reverse Biden death row commutations, accuses former president of 'undermining' justice system
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she will direct the DOJ to pursue the death penalty at the state level against the ...