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How disagreements about a Texas death row inmate’s guilt became a legal battle between branches of government
The Supreme Court of Texas is weighing whether death row inmate Robert Roberson — whose capital punishment was temporarily halted last month — must testify before a Texas House committee ...
Texas mom on death row ‘actually innocent’ after new evidence and Kim Kardashian intervention
Melissa Lucio, a mother of 14 living in Brownsville, Texas, was arrested and charged in 2007 for the murder of her two-year-old daughter Mariah Alvarez who had turned purple and unresponsive at ...
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“Actually innocent”: Judge recommends overturning death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s conviction, sending case to Texas high court
The Cameron County judge also found the state relied on false testimony during her capital murder trial, according to court documents.
ACLU petition calls on Biden to ‘commute all federal death sentences’ before Trump takes office
An American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petition is calling on President Biden “to commute all federal death sentences” ...
Jazz Protest In London Court Calls For US Death Row Inmate's Release
A jazz concert in the halls of London's Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, features Spanish pianist Albert Marques and Keith LaMar, a death row prisoner joining from his cell ...
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Biden Must Use Final Months in Office to Commute Federal Death Sentences
In our series on how Biden can use the lame duck period to secure civil liberties and civil rights, we examine how Biden can ...
Mississippi death row inmate once again seeks to have death sentence vacated
Richard Gerald Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-tenured death row inmate, filed court documents asking for post-conviction ...
Execution date set for Kevin Ray Underwood, sentenced for 10 year old's murder in Purcell
An execution date has been set for death row inmate Kevin Ray Underwood, 44, who was convicted of first-degree murder.He was ...