How would Missouri’s next governor handle the death penalty after Williams execution?
The Republican nominee for Missouri governor wouldn’t say whether he supported or opposed Marcellus Williams’ execution, ...
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Japanese court acquits a man in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row
A court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder. He spent 48 ...
'Barbaric, inequitable, unjust': Wisconsin was the first state to abolish the death penalty for all crimes after just one execution
The public reaction to McCaffrey's execution contributed to the success of a movement to end the death penalty in Wisconsin ...
The US has executed 5 men in 6 days. A look at the state of the death penalty
The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...
US State Executes Man Despite Conviction Doubts
Two men on death row in the United States were executed Tuesday, including a Black man convicted of murder who had maintained ...
US executes 5 men in 6 days. Texas leads death penalty numbers with over 580 since 1980s
By the end of this week, five men across the United States will have died from execution. Texas leads all-time death penalty numbers.
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Marcellus Williams: Faith leaders join the fight to stop his execution
It’s no secret Black people in the United States disproportionately occupy Death Row — making up about 14% of the populace but 40.05% of people awaiting execution. And given that men are nearly 98% of ...
With immigration and abortion on Arizona's ballot, Republicans are betting on momentum
PHOENIX -- Voters will decide ballot measures on abortion and immigration in Arizona, a key battleground state where ...
AZ Supreme Court rules on voter eligibility case; arrest made in Phoenix area school threats | Nightly Roundup
From an Arizona State Supreme Court ruling that can impact over 90,000 voters come November to the latest chapter in the Chad ...
Calls for clemency grow for death row inmate in ‘shaken baby’ case
A growing number of advocates, lawmakers and medical professionals are calling for clemency for a man on death row in Texas ...
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South Carolina scheduled to execute Freddie Owens by lethal injection; how the drug works
However, no South Carolina governor has granted clemency to a death row inmate since 1976 ... Thirteen other U.S. states have ...