Louisiana attorney general says she'll sign off on execution date for former NOPD cop if necessary
Antoinette Frank, a former New Orleans police officer convicted of a 1995 triple murder, may soon have her execution date scheduled, according to Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill.
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The history of the death penalty in Louisiana: How executions, opinions changed over time
It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...
Judge rejects request from Georgia death row inmate to be executed by firing squad
A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal injection could cause him severe pain.
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Former chair of OK pardon and parole board now publicly advocates abolishing the death penalty
Adam Luck recently began working with EJUSA, an Evangelical Christian organization dedicated to ending capital punishment.
Feds agree to Oklahoma AG’s request for death row inmate to be transferred to Oklahoma
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced that the federal government has agreed to transfer a convicted murderer to Oklahoma to be executed.
Florida seeks mandatory death sentences in immigration bill. Will courts allow it?
A proposal passed by Florida’s Legislature will require the death penalty for “unauthorized aliens” who commit a capital ...
U.S. Attorney General grants request for death row inmate's Oklahoma transfer ahead execution
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi granted Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond's request for a death row inmate ...
A North Carolina Judge Just Acknowledged an Undeniable Truth: The Death Penalty Is Racist
Sermons made his ruling in the case of Hasson Bacote, who, as NBC News notes, was convicted of murder “along with two others ...
A Tennessee inmate on death row says he is on hunger strike over medical care and other issues
A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...
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A sisterhood of nuns is quietly emerging on Texas death row
Those housed in the O'Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...
NHS trust fined £1.6m for ‘catalogue of failures’ that led to deaths of babies
It is the second time that Nottinghamshire University Hospitals NHS Trust has been prosecuted by the Care Quality Commission ...
Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's written two books about his life.