US Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...
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Acquitted longest-serving death row inmate seeks $1.3 mn from Japan
The world's longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more than $1.3 million in ...
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Two death row inmates at Karachi Central Jail pardoned by relatives of deceased
Two death row inmates at Karachi Central Jail were pardoned by the relatives of the deceased just 24 hours before their execution, ARY News reported on Wednesday. According to details, both prisoners, ...
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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
US Supreme Court denies stay of execution of man in Dorchester County killing
The United States Supreme Court has denied an application to suspend the execution of a death row inmate one day before his scheduled execution on Friday night.
'I did not do it': South Carolina man set for execution argues innocence, racial bias
Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed on Friday for the shooting death of Kandee Martin in 2001. Martin's body was found in ...
Austin Sarat: It’s now clear that America’s death penalty is dying one generation at a time
This new script is exemplified by stories of death row inmates who have been freed by revelations of injustice and of others who were executed despite strong cases for exoneration.
Federal court says Marion Bowman can't know more about drugs used to kill him as ACLU fights shield law
A federal court rejected another attempt at halting a South Carolina execution. Marion Bowman Jr. was convicted 24 years ago ...
U.S. Supreme Court denies final appeal for SC man on death row, clearing way for execution
Marion Bowman Jr. was 20 years-old when he shot and killed Kandee Martin in Dorchester County, South Carolina.
Florida leads America in wrongful convictions - and new death-row sentences
Florida was one of only three states to both execute someone and put more people on death row in 2024. Florida also has more wrongful convictions than any other state.