Advocates call for new forensic testing in Memphis death row inmate's case

Tony Carruthers is scheduled to be executed by the state on May 21.
AOL

South Carolina Enacts New Death Row Inmate Law

Death row inmates in South Carolina may now be executed with an electric chair or a firing squad. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster signed this new death penalty bill into law quietly on Friday.
Baptist News Global

Death penalty abolitionists at work in Ohio and Tennessee

Death penalty abolitionists in Ohio and Tennessee are hard at work trying to prevent the executions of Death Row inmates in ...
Opinion

Brevard’s death row is shrinking as executions accelerate

With another execution set, Brevard’s death row is nearly empty as Florida carries out a record number of executions.
The Texas Tribune

Texas’ highest criminal court overturns sentence of inmate who has been on death row for 47 years

Clarence Curtis Jordan’s attorney said the intellectually disabled man didn’t have a lawyer to work on his behalf for nearly ...

Florida death row inmate uses last words to maintain innocence before execution

Chadwick Willacy maintained his innocence before Florida executed him for the first-degree murder of elderly neighbor Marlys Sather, set on fire in 1990.