Anticipating Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies' competency hearing
A competency hearing is being held for Ralph Menzies, who has been on death row for almost four decades after kidnapping and ...
Jury says it’s split over death penalty for Sacramento cop’s killer. What happens next?
The jury of seven women and five men told Judge James Arguelles that they were split on whether Adel Sambrano Ramos should be ...
Trump expected to end Biden-era death penalty pause, expand to more federal inmates
President-elect Donald Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty and undo the Biden-Harris administration's moratorium ...
Joe Biden Can Preemptively Halt One Brutal Trump Policy
In contrast, Biden has a mixed record on capital punishment. Unlike his predecessor, he has not carried out any federal executions, but, as the Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig explains, “neither has he ...
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How division over a Texas death row inmate’s guilt became a battle between branches of government
The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...
Death row inmates ask for pause in executions over winter holiday
Attorneys for death row inmates are asking the state Supreme Court to wait until after New Year’s Day to issue any more death ...
SC does not set a date for the next execution after requests for a holiday pause
South Carolina's Supreme Court has not set a date for the state's next execution after lawyers for four inmates out of ...
Judge postpones execution of serial killer months after he survived a botched execution attempt
Thoams Creech, described by authorities as a serial killer who has “admitted to killing upwards of 40 people,” was sentenced ...