Death Row inmate James Dennis Ford's life shaped by alcohol, loss before couple's murder
Ford was convicted of murdering Kimberly and Gregory Malnory, whose toddler daughter was found covered in her mother's blood ...
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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 excruciating pain. Michael Wade Nance ...
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Florida executes killer for murder of young couple in state’s first death penalty of 2025
Ford, who was convicted of murdering a young couple in 1999 in ... family members before he was put to death. More than 70 opponents to the death penalty, including nearly 50 people from Our ...
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Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed ... so prosecutors didn't need to pursue the conviction for the young women's murders, Paul McWilliams, who prosecuted Tabler ...
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Does the death penalty deter crime?
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous ...
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2024 was not a good year for death row inmates seeking mercy
On Dec. 19, Kevin Ray Underwood became the last person executed in 2024. Oklahoma put him to death for the 2006 murder of 10-year-old Jamie Rose Rolin. Six days earlier, the Oklahoma Pardon and ...
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Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He draws serene landscapes and has written several books, which include advice for young people about how not to ...
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Florida death row inmate executed for the 1997 killing of a couple in front of toddler
The jury voted 11-1 to recommend the death penalty in the killings, to which the trial judge agreed. The US Supreme Court denied Ford’s final appeal Wednesday without comment. Ford’s lawyers ...
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Why 1st death row killing in 15 years is off, even as Louisiana plans to resume executions
Meanwhile, Sims on Monday asked 22nd District Judge Alan Zaunbrecher to set an execution date for Jessie Hoffman, who was sent to death row for the 1996 killing of Mary “Molly” Elliot ...
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Death penalty dropped against Australian woman awaiting trial over death of her stepdaughter
An Australian woman awaiting trial in the US over the death of her stepdaughter will not face the death penalty. US prosecutors have withdrawn their intention to seek the death penalty "without ...
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Man on death row in South Carolina seeks postponement to get autopsy from last execution
Nine states have put more inmates to death. But since the unintentional pause, the death row population has dwindled to 29 currently, compared with 63 in early 2011. About 20 have been taken off ...