Texas death row inmate’s final words before execution are revealed
The execution was the second this year in the U.S. and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months, according to the Associated Press. Steven Lawayane Nelson, 37, was executed via lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6:50pm CST at the Texas state penitentiary in Huntsville.
Governor Landry emphasized that this method will ensure Louisiana’s ability to carry out death sentences in a timely and ...
A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...
Attorneys for convicted murderer James Ford have filed legal briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to ...
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Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 ...
The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...
In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...
A North Carolina judge ruled Friday that a Black defendant’s capital trial was undermined by allegations of racial bias ...
This is not in any way lessening due process for those who are convicted and are facing the death penalty,” said Rep. Bruce ...
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows for ...
First Baptist Arlington’s senior pastor said his role was to support families affected by the murder of one of the church's ...
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