Doctor says veins of obese Ohio inmate condemned to die inaccessible,...
November 8, 2012 http://www.mcall.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — A condemned killer fighting his execution because of his extreme weight does not have accessible veins in his arms or hands and could not receive...
View ArticleOHIO- Death-row inmate denied clemency, Brett Hartman
NOVEMBER 9, 2012 http://www.vindy.com Gov. John Kasich has denied clemency to the death row inmate facing execution next week for the brutal murder of an Akron woman 15 years ago. Barring last-minute...
View ArticleIdaho high court considers death penalty reviews. Case of Timothy Dunlap
November 8, 2012 http://www.seattlepi.com OISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court is deciding just how much of each death penalty case they must consider under Idaho’s mandatory review law, and the...
View ArticleOHIO – EXECUTION – Brett Hartman 11/13/2012 EXECUTED 10.34 a.m
November 13, 2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk Today, he calmly accepted his death. ‘I’m good, let’s roll,’ he said in his final words. He then smiled in the direction of his sister and repeatedly gave...
View ArticleDeath-row inmate Hubert Michael Jr. will be executed soon, DA Kearney predicts
November 11, 2012 BELLEFONTE — Condemned killer Hubert Lester Michael Jr.’s temporary stay of execution won’t save him from being put to death by lethal injection, York County District Attorney Tom...
View ArticleTEXAS – EXECUTION – Ramon Hernandez, November 14, 2012 EXECUTED 6.38 p.m
Ramon Torres Hernandez, 39, was pronounced dead at 6:38 p.m., 26 minutes after the lethal dose was administered. His lawyers had filed an appeal earlier Wednesday, but it was denied, paving the way for...
View Article‘I never killed anyone’: Death Row inmate scheduled to die Thursday offers...
November 13,2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk A death row inmate set to die Thursday is pinning his final hopes on convincing people that his victim’s dying words never happened. When police found La...
View ArticlePENNSYLVANIA – Governor signs execution warrant for Clearfield County man....
November 13,2012 http://triblive.com Gov. Tom Corbett signed an execution warrant on Tuesday for a Clearfield County man convicted of kidnapping and robbing a woman who was slain during a four-county...
View ArticleJustice is debatable in Texas death penalty case – Larry Swearingen
November 12,2012 http://www.dw.de Larry Swearingen faces imminent execution in Texas for a crime that forensic scientists say he could not have committed. His time is running out. In his 12 years on...
View ArticleTEXAS – EXECUTION TODAY – PRESTON HUGHES – EXECUTED 7.52 p.m
The condemned prisoner’s mother sobbed and wailed as she witnessed the lethal injection. Hughes’ sister was at her side. “You know I’m innocent and I love you both,” Hughes, 46, said as his mother...
View ArticlePaula Cooper, Youngest Person Sentenced to Death in Indiana, To Be Released...
Paula Cooper, who was 15 years old at the time of her crime, and the youngest person ever sentenced to death in Indiana, will be released from prison on June 17, twenty-seven years after her...
View ArticleCourt: Texas inmate’s decades-old sentence invalid
The life sentence given to a Texas man who has remained in prison for 33 years since being pulled off of death row isn’t valid, Texas’ highest criminal court said Wednesday, possibly paving the way for...
View ArticleOregon Supreme Court upholds governor’s reprieve for death-row inmate who...
June 20, 2013 http://www.startribune.com Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber can delay the lethal injection of a death-row inmate who wants to waive his appeals and speed his execution, the state’s highest...
View ArticleDeath Row Inmates Writing On Death Row
“THIS PLACE [Death Row] will teach you how critical it is to have hope in your life when all is lost. If you have hope, if you have hope for a better tomorrow, for better things to come, then, when...
View ArticleLouisiana releases execution protocol; inmate’s lawyer calls it ‘inadequate’
Louisiana corrections officials have released the state’s execution protocol after a lawsuit brought by two death row inmates called for more transparency into the procedure. But the inmates’ lawyers...
View ArticleHow hot is death row?
A federal judge Tuesday ordered temperature data be collected for 21 straight days in advance of an Aug. 5 trial of a lawsuit by three condemned killers who claim extreme heat indexes at the Louisiana...
View ArticleARIZONA – Debra Milke to be retried in killing of 4-year-old son
PHOENIX – Prosecutors formally told a court Monday that they plan to retry an Arizona death row inmate whose conviction was overturned by a federal appeals court four months ago. The Maricopa County...
View ArticleGeorgia stays execution of mentally disabled prisoner Update
Update July 13, 2013 Georgia officials reschedule Hill execution for Friday ATLANTA (AP) – State officials have rescheduled the execution of Georgia death row inmate Warren Lee Hill for Friday. Hill...
View ArticleMan Formerly on SC’s Death Row Suing Prosecutors
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A man condemned for decades to South Carolina’s death row says prosecutors wrongfully pursued a case against him in a widow’s 1982 death. Edward Lee Elmore filed a federal lawsuit...
View ArticleAs Execution Nears, Plano Road-Rage Killer Claims Inhumane Treatment,...
Barring a stay of execution, Douglas Feldman is scheduled to die in nine days. His petition for a state writ of habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of counsel has gone nowhere. He claims his...
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