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Alabama inmate seeks his execution, saying he believes in ‘an eye for an eye’
A man on Alabama’s death row wants his execution to go forward this week. James Osgood told The Associated Press in an ...
I’ve stared into the eyes of serial killers on death row in their final moments – here’s why they all had same request
JOE Ingle swore he would never watch a friend die. But in 1988, he had to break that rule. Willie Darden, on Florida’s death ...
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This Palm Beach County man has lived on death row for nearly 50 years. Here's his story
He won't accept a life sentence, one has said. His stay far exceeds the average time inmates spend on death row before they are executed — 17 years, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
They were on federal death row. Now they may go to a supermax prison.
Prisoners say the Trump administration is seeking tougher conditions for them as punishment for having their death sentences ...
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Kevin Burns, Tennessee's death row pastor, has hope despite his circumstances
Kevin Burns is the pastor of the Church of Life, a congregation for the men on Tennessee's death row. Burns was convicted of felony murder and sentenced to death, but he maintains he was at the ...
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A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad ... Mahdi’s lawyers have filed a final appeal with the state’s highest court, saying Mahdi’s case for a life sentence at his ...
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Japan awards longest-serving death row inmate $1.4 million
most of it on death row when each day could have been his last. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The former boxer, now 89, was exonerated last year of a 1966 ...