Death Row Inmate Asks to Expedite His Execution
Aaron Gunches doesn't want to waste any more time. The death row inmate in Arizona, convicted of murdering his girlfriend's ex more than two decades ago, put in a handwritten request on New Year's Eve...
View ArticleIn SCOTUS Case, a 'Historic Victory for Gender Justice'
The US Supreme Court has ordered a review by the lower courts on a case involving the only woman on death row in Oklahoma. Per NBC News , the nation's highest court issued a 7-2 ruling on Tuesday...
View ArticleAlabama Carries Out Nation's 4th Nitrogen Gas Execution
An Alabama man convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas, the AP reports....
View Article2 Men Executed, One Hour Apart
Texas and Florida both carried out executions Thursday night, about an hour apart: In Florida, James Dennis Ford was put to death via lethal injection, USA Today reports. In 1997, Ford invited his...
View ArticleSupreme Court Throws Out a High-Profile Death Sentence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the...
View ArticleThey'd Been Set to Die in Congo. Now They're Back in US
Three Americans originally sentenced to death for a failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo have returned to US soil. The men saw those death sentences commuted to life imprisonment last week...
View ArticleWith Execution Nigh, Inmate Says He Welcomes Death
A man on Alabama's death row wants his execution to go forward Thursday, saying he believes in an "eye for an eye." "The reason I dropped my appeals is I am guilty of murder," James Osgood told the AP...
View Article'I Just Shot My Family': Gulf War Vet Faces Execution
A Gulf War veteran who maintains his innocence faces execution Thursday in Florida for the 1998 killings of his girlfriend and her three children. Details: The state is scheduled to execute Jeffrey...
View ArticleGulf War Vet Executed for Killing Girlfriend, Her 3 Kids
An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems was executed Thursday evening in Florida for the 1998 shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children ,...
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