A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed in less than a week asks the US Supreme Court to halt his execution
A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution, arguing his due process rights were denied during the yearslong legal battle to save his life.
'As fragile as a child': South Carolina death row inmate's letters show haunted man
If it moves forward, it will be the state's first execution in 13 years and the 14th execution in the nation this year. It's also the first of five executions the United States is carrying out in a six-day period between Sept.
Citizens petition SC Gov. to stop the execution of a death row inmate
On Thursday morning, concerned citizens gathered at the State House to deliver petitions urging Gov. Henry McMaster to seek an alternative prison sentence for a
Texas death row inmate with autism receives widespread support to stop execution
Robert Roberson, a Texas death row inmate with autism, gains support to halt his execution scheduled for October 17 amid new evidence.
NAACP President Urges Missouri Governor to Halt Execution Planned for Next Week
The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a “horrible miscarriage of justice.
NAACP Urges Missouri Governor To Stop Execution Of Black Death Row Inmate Planned For Next Week
Taking the life of Marcellus Williams would be an unequivocal statement that when a white woman is killed, a Black man must die. And any Black man will do,” read a part of the organization's letter.
NAACP Calls For Missouri Gov. To Stop Execution Of Black Death Row Inmate
The NAACP is urging Missouri Governor Mike Parson to stop the scheduled execution of Marcellus Williams on Tuesday (September 24), Essence reports. Williams, now 55, was convicted in 1998 of killing former newspaper reporter Felicia Gayle.
Mississippi High Court Rejects the Latest Appeal by a Man on Death Row Since 1994
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal by a man who has been on death row for 30 ...
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Death row inmate ordered single olive as final meal for extremely haunting reason
One of the most popular death row meals in history are that of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who didn't hold back when ...
A death row inmate's letters: Read vulnerable, angry thoughts written by Freddie Owens
At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten ...
South Carolina death row inmate asks governor for clemency
In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However ...
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Dozens have been executed in SC since 1976. Here’s how many have gotten off death row
In South Carolina, which on Friday will execute its first inmate since 2011, 43 convicted murderers have been executed by the ...
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Bizarre reason why death row inmate's final meal request caused ban across whole US state
State Senator John Whitmire said Brewer was trying to 'make a mockery' of the system with his ridiculous final meal order.
Wade Wilson Death Row Update: Convicted Killer Heads Back to Court
Wade Wilson, 30, has officially started the appeal process after being sentenced to death for murdering two women in October ...
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The oldest is 80. One killed his 5 children. Here’s a look at the 32 men on SC’s death row
On Sept. 20, Freddie Owens, 46, a death row inmate convicted of murder, armed robbery, use of a firearm in the commission ...
Lawyers file clemency petition for Texas man on death row for killing daughter in 2002
Robert Roberson's legal team filed a clemency petition in the hopes Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and ...