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Execution nears as juror cites new confession in push to stop death row case

Time is running out in the fight to stop the execution of a convicted killer. James Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on April 30 for a 2008 double murder ou...

Death row inmate who believes he’s ‘immortal’ avoids execution

John Richard Wood, 56, has been in prison for more than 25 years after killing a state trooper in South Carolina.

Botswana: Death Row Cell Where Dawn Is Memory and Grave Is Roommate

[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- A heavily guarded metal door swings open. Entrance is restricted and monitored by guards.

Texas inmate James Broadnax faces Thursday execution amid final appeal arguing he wasn’t the shooter

The death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, pointing to a codefendant’s confession in the shooting death of two people.

DA to seek death warrants for 3 convicted killers

Zane Floyd, Donald Sherman and Sterling Atkins have exhausted their appeals, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said, and prosecutors will ask District Court judges for w...

Texas inmate James Broadnax faces Thursday execution amid final appeal arguing he wasn’t the shooter

The death row inmate has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his execution, pointing to a codefendant’s confession in the shooting death of two people.

Exclusive: The Only Woman on Death Row in Mississippi Alleges New Civil Rights Violations in Confinement

Lisa Jo Chamberlin, who spoke to a Mississippi reporter in January about her experiences as the only woman on the state’s death row and her allegations of cruel and unusual punishm...

Pinal County Attorney Seeking Death for Inmate Accused of 3 Murders

Death row inmate says 'I'm innocent' in final statement before execution after cousin confesses to crime

James Broadnax, 37, was executed by lethal injection in Texas after being convicted of the 2008 shootings of two Christian music producers in Dallas, despite his cousin allegedly c...

Prosecutors used hip-hop lyrics to help sentence a man to death: ‘This only happens to rap music’

James Broadnax was a teenager when a jury convicted him of capital murder, with his rap lyrics presented as evidence he posed a threat of ‘future dangerousness’ James Broadnax has...

LETTER: Defense attorneys against death row

They ignore certain factors.

A Looming Execution Raises Questions of Race, Responsibility, and Rap

Curtis Riser had some concerns about the problem of wrongful convictions. He wasn’t the only potential juror to raise this point ahead of the 2009 capital murder trial of James Bro...

"He Was in Agony": Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attempt

Tennessee death row prisoner Tony Carruthers was issued a one-year stay of execution last Thursday after prison officials were unable to find a backup injection vein in a botched e...

D4vd Charged With Special Circumstances Murder, Eligible For Death Penalty

D4vd faces the death penalty after prosecutors charge him with murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Supreme Court Sides with Mississippi Man on Death Row

Washington Post: “The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a Mississippi man who was sent to death row for his role in the murder of shopkeeper, upholding a lower court’s decision...

Two years after a judge recommended her murder conviction be tossed, Melissa Lucio still waits for freedom

A district judge provided two recommendations to the Court of Criminal Appeals in 2024, but the court’s process provides no details on when it will rule on the death row inmate’s i...

James Broadnax's appeals: US Supreme Court denies 2 claims, confession pending

Despite an eleventh-hour confession from another man, James Broadnax is slated to be executed by the state of Texas later this week. Broadnax, 37, is scheduled to be put to deat...

Former death row inmate granted $500,000 bond as he awaits new trial

A judge has granted a $500,000 bond for a high-profile Oklahoma inmate who had spent almost 30 years on death row.

Former Oklahoma death row inmate granted bond after nearly 3 decades of incarceration

Oklahoma District Judge Natalie Mai on Thursday ordered former death row inmate Richard Glossip to be released from prison for the first time in 29 years while awaiting a retrial....

Former death row inmate granted $500,000 bond as he awaits new trial

A judge has granted a $500,000 bond for a high-profile Oklahoma inmate who had spent almost 30 years on death row.

Athena Strand's Murderer Thrown In Sewage-Leaking Prison Where He'll Face 'Maximum Amount Of Suffering'

Athena Strand‘s murderer’s last days on earth will be full of “suffering.” As we previously reported, Tanner Horner was sentenced to death after murdering and assaulting the 7-year...

Texas executes James Broadnax after Supreme Court rejects final appeal tied to cousin’s confession

Broadnax, who was convicted of killing two music producers in Garland in a 2008 robbery, is the third inmate executed by the state this year.

Oklahoma judge allows former death row prisoner to be released on bond while awaiting retrial

The decision clears the way for Richard Glossip, 63, to leave a lockup for the first time since his arrest nearly 30 years ago over a 1997 killing that put him on the brink of exec...

North Texas man faces execution as his cousin claims he was the shooter in fatal robbery

A North Texas man who claims he was not the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who says prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secure his...