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Mississippi asks court to set execution for man on death row since 1976
The Mississippi attorney general requesting an execution date for the state's longest-serving death row inmate
5 U.S. death row inmates were executed in one week, the most in decades
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 death penalty in the U.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch files motion to Mississippi Supreme Court to set execution date for death row inmate
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied an appeal for a 78-year-old death row inmate.
The world’s longest-serving death row inmate acquitted in Japan mulls suing the government
A lawyer for the world’s longest-serving death row inmate — who was acquitted in a retrial last week of a 1966 quadruple murder — says the defense team is considering filing a damages suit against the government for ruining the man’s life and his
Longest-serving death row inmate speaks out after murder acquittal
Last month, a city in Oklahoma agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison, making him the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime in the U.S.
He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court ruling may soon clear his name
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row more than five decades ago.
Longest-serving death row prisoner hails acquittal 'victory'
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.
Japanese court acquits man who sat on death row for 45 years
The Shizuoka district court acquitted 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada on Thursday, clearing him of all charges in a retrial of the 1966 murders of four people. The decision ended his family's decades-long fight for justice after a wrongful conviction that the court determined to be based on fabricated evidence.
Texas man could be first to be executed in case of 'shaken baby' death
Robert Roberson is scheduled to be put to death Oct. 17. His case — based on a syndrome with scientific uncertainty — has led ...
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 ...
Ohio death row inmate who killed 10-year-old girl loses bid to reopen appeal
In 1991, 10-year-old Amber Garrett was kidnapped from her home in Harrison, Ohio. Wogenstahl stabbed her to death, and her ...
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.
Attorneys for Texas death row inmate take new step in quest for clemency
AUSTIN, Texas — Attorneys for a Texas death row inmate are taking a new step to try and save his life. Robert Roberson is set ...
Snoop Dogg And Death Row Records Ink Publishing Deal With Reservoir Media
Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records have signed a publishing agreement with Reservoir Media that encompasses domestic publishing ...
Man stabbed mother to death after row over drugs
A man stabbed his mother to death outside their family home following a row over drugs, a court has heard. Gregor Bauld, 23, ...
Death row prisoner bursts into song then unexpectedly thanks prison guards in final words before execution
Garcia Glen White became the fifth man to be executed in Texas this year after he was put to death on 1 October for murdering ...