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Alabama death row inmate convicted in murder-for-hire granted retrial after 3 decades
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with a man who was convicted in the 1988 murder of Montgomery County Sheriff’s ...
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Death row spiritual adviser bears witness in execution chamber
The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...
Justice Thomas unloads on SCOTUS for handing death row inmates 'a tool for obstruction' that will worsen 'already egregious delays'
For Clarence Thomas, SCOTUS had "no business intervening" in Ruben Gutierrez's DNA case and, as a result, handed death row ...
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Mississippi executes Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the ...
What’s next for birthright citizenship
The battle over birthright citizenship is just getting started.   Challengers to President Trump’s executive order view ...
Mississippi’s death row: A look at the 37 inmates, and the crimes they committed
Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...
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Supreme Court rules for Texas death row inmate
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.The 6-3 decision in ... Arkansas Hearst Television Inc ...
Mississippi set to execute state's longest-serving death row inmate
Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death ...
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Mississippi executes state's longest-serving death row inmate: What we know
The Associated Press reported that Richard Gerald Jordan is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the Mississippi State ...