This case points to an intrinsic problem with the death penalty in the United States, argued anti-death penalty activist Rachel Moshman. “There have been over 130 people exonerated from death row after receiving the sentence they have been found innocent and been released. You can only question...
Two African-American death row inmates will have their casesreviewed by the Supreme Court later...Thompson, Ben
Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976,313 men and women on death row have been granted reprieve. This does not mean they are not paying for their crimes- most sentences were commuted to life without parole. Of everyone spared the death penalty, less than 1% are Texas death row i...
Kavanaugh and Justice Samuel Alito repeatedly raised concerns that a ruling in favor of Ramirez would open the door to a flood of cases brought by death row inmates seeking varying degrees of interaction with personal spiritual advisers in the execution chamber, such as those who want to receive ...
“robert’s testimony will shed important light on some of the problems with our ‘junk science writ’ process, a legal procedure texas lawmakers expected to provide reconsideration in cases like this one,” committee chair and state rep. joe moody, a democrat, ...
The Death Row Last Meal Brian D. Price The Death Row Chef Subscribe toKISS FM 96.9on What is something you know about folks on Death Row? Well they're probably trying appeal the sentence hoping that they don't get put to death. Which someone can be on Death Row for several decades. ...
not to mention they're ranked sixth for the most violent crime per 100k in the state. Residents of Humble face a 1 in 9 chance of having their possessions either damaged in some capacity or stolen. They also have the highest frequency of rape cases in Texas, as well as the highest murd...
In its ruling in the case of another former Texas death row inmate, Bobby James Moore, the high court said those factors have no grounding in prevailing medical practice and invite lay stereotypes to guide assessment of such disability.
It's been a week since death row inmate Robert Roberson's execution was stopped by a last-minute subpoena, and now Roberson's legal team is firing back at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Texas has the most active death chamber nationwide. Currently,four inmates are scheduled for execution in 2022, includingMelissa Lucio. She is the only woman on the current schedule. The six women on death row in Gatesville, Texas have been incarcerated for an average of almost two decades. ...