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Federal judge hears request to block an upcoming nitrogen gas execution in Alabama
A federal judge has heard competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas.
Appeals Court Refuses to Reinstate Confession in U.S.S. Cole Case
The decision was a blow to prosecutors pursuing the longest-running death-penalty case in the military commission system.
Inmate deaths remain high in Alabama, highlighting urgent need for prison reform
A new HBO documentary set for release later this year exposes the violence inside Alabama prisons using leaked cellphone ...
South Carolina prepares for third execution since September
South Carolina is preparing to execute the third inmate to be put to death since September as the state goes through a ...
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Texas legislators seek more protections for death penalty defendants in wake of Trump executive order
Trump’s new directive that aims to increase death sentences clashes with some Texas lawmakers’ efforts to add guardrails to ...
US Supreme Court rejects likely final appeal of South Carolina inmate a day before his execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...
‘The Alabama Solution’ Review: Powerful New Doc From ‘The Jinx’ Duo Investigates Injustices in Alabama Prisons
Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman chronicle financial mismanagement, abuses of power and general inhumanities in a system ...
Mobile County DA compares man who threatened him to ‘attention-starved little boy’
William Terry Holmes stands 6 feet, 3 inches tall. But Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said that describes his physical stature only.