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Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution. In Nashville’s ...
Attorney General Todd Rokita has asked the Indiana Supreme Court to set an execution date for the man who killed a Dale, ...
Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence. Since the ...
Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.
Courtney Leader has been closely following the contentious tax-and-spending debate in Washington – not that she cares much ...
The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...
The Legal Defense Fund's Death Row USA report showed 2,180 people with pending death sentences this year, down from 3,682 in 2000. Missouri's peak year was 1997, when 96 people were on death row.
The Legal Defense Fund’s Death Row USA report showed 2,180 people with pending death sentences this year, down from 3,682 in 2000. Missouri’s peak year was 1997, when 96 people were on death row.