Oct 17 Judge grants unusual effort by state lawmakers to delay the execution of a Texas man By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press A last-ditch effort to stop Texas from executing an autistic man in a shaken baby case stretched into the final hours Thursday night as one judge granted an extraordinary maneuver by lawmakers to delay the lethal injection while the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 3:52 How an Oklahoma death penalty case reached the Supreme Court By Amna Nawaz, Adam Kemp, Saher Khan The Supreme Court heard arguments in a death row case from Oklahoma. Justices looked at whether the due process rights of death row inmate Richard Glossip were violated when the state suppressed information about its star witness who committed the… Continue watching
Oct 09 3 big takeaways from this Supreme Court death penalty case By Adam Kemp Supreme Court justices weighed Wednesday whether to grant a new trial to Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man whose death row case has now come twice before the high court. Continue reading
Sep 26 Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite parole board recommending his life be spared By Sean Murphy, Associated Press Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state’s parole board to spare his life. Continue reading
Sep 25 5 executions planned this week in the U.S., the most in decades By Sean Murphy, Associated Press Death row inmates in five separate states are set to be put to death in the span of one week. Continue reading
Sep 24 Supreme Court rejects final request to halt execution of Marcellus Williams By David Lieb, Jim Salter, Associated Press A Missouri man is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to proceed with its plan to execute him. Continue reading
Aug 24 Date set for South Carolina’s first execution in more than 13 years By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state's first execution in more than 13 years. Continue reading
Aug 16 The evolution of Harris’ stances on key issues, from the death penalty to marijuana By Brian Slodysko, Michael R. Blood, Alan Suderman, Associated Press As a presidential candidate, Kamala Harris’ litany of policy reversals is opening her to attacks by Republicans and testing the strength of her pitch to voters as a truth-teller who is far more credible than former President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jul 31 South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty legal, opening door to restart executions after 13 years By Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the state's death penalty is legal, opening the door to restart executions in a state that hasn’t put an inmate to death since 2011. Continue reading
Jun 26 Jury recommends death penalty for gunman who murdered 5 women inside Florida bank By Terry Spencer, Associated Press A jury recommended Wednesday that a former prison guard trainee be sentenced to death for his execution-style murders of five women inside a Florida bank in 2019. Continue reading