Death Row

'Just Like Anybody Else...It Hurts': Debate To Give Death Row Inmate $56,000 Hip Replacement

AP | BRETT BARROUQUERE | Posted 05.17.2012

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A condemned killer's fight to receive surgery for agonizing hip pain pushed Kentucky officials into an uncomfortable debate ov...

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Life After Death Row

Brad Rothschild | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Wrongful Conviction, Resurrection After Exoneration, Derrick Jamison, Death Row, Prisoner Rehabilitation, Dan Bright, John Thompson Exonerated, Crime News

Once released, exonerees rejoin a society that they aren't prepared for and don't know much about. Hardened by their years in jail, many find it difficult to re-connect with their families and jobs can be hard to come by.

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G.O.O.D. Music's Dream Team

Sharief Easterling | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: 2chainz, Lakers, Kanye West, Rick Ross, Voltron, Common, Big Sean, Pusha T, Cowboys, Meek Mill, g.o.o.d. Music, Lil Wayne, Wale, Death Row, Ymcmb, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Video, Black Voices News

Quality rap music is few and far between these days but a union of this magnitude has endless possibilities. After getting a sample of the greatness on "Mercy" the whole word is patiently waiting for more of the classic material. From the looks of it Its gonna be a G.O.O.D. summer!

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Death Row Prisoner's Last Words: 'I Messed Up And Can't Take That Back'

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 04.27.2012

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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man condemned for a robbery in which three people were shot, one fatally, apologized to a woman who survived the 200...

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Advocates Keep Swinging For Death Row Inmate's Innocence

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Orlando, Death Row, Video, Eunice, Unsolved Mysteries, Florida Crime, W.T. Zeigler Furniture, Zeigler Innocent, Tommy Zeigler, David Burgin, Miami News

RAIFORD, Fla. — In 35 years on Florida's death row, Tommy Zeigler's cries of innocence have swayed a former newspaper editor, the daughter of a ...

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Authorities Foil Plot To Free Tennessee's Only Female Death Row Inmate

AP | KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Death Row, Tennessee Crime, Christa Gail Pike Death Row, Christa Gail Pike Escape, Tennessee-Bureau-of-Investigation, Donald Kohut, Christa Gail Pike, Justin Heflin, Christa Gail Pike Jail Break, Crime News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two men, including a former prison guard, have been arrested in a plot to break out Tennessee's lone female death row inmate....

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'Kill Me If You Can, Suckers': Death Row Inmate Taunts Victims' Families

Posted 03.27.2012

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A North Carolina community is outraged by a death row inmate's public note outlining his life of "leisure" and mocking the families of his victims. ...

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Supreme Court: Death Row Inmate Should Not Die Due to Mailroom Mix-Up

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.18.2012

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An Alabama death row inmate stymied by a law firm's egregious mail room mix-up will have the opportunity to appeal his death sentence, the Supreme Cou...

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Pardoning Criminals -- Appropriate Mercy or Perverting Justice?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Murder, Presidential Pardons, Innocent, Clemency, Death Row, Nixon-Pardon, Crime News

In a day when so many miscarriages of justice have been exposed, particularly by way of indisputable proof of actual innocence, the guidelines for pardons should be far more stringent.

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Juror Tweet Wins Death Row Inmate New Trial

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 02.07.2012

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a death row inmate's murder conviction and said he deserves a new trial be...

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N.C. Senate Votes To Revise Racial Justice Act

newsobserver.com | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Video, Racial Justice Act, Death Penalty, Death Row, North Carolina Racial Justice Act, North Carolina Race, North Carolina, Black Voices News

North Carolina Governor Bev Purdue is a signature away from permanently changing the state's Racial Justice Act. On Nov. 28, the state Senate vote...

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Study Reveals Shocking Connection Between Race And Capital Punishment In Texas

www.chron.com | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Texas Death Penalty, Video, Capital Punishment, Duane Buck, Death Row, Race-in-Sentencing, Harris County, Race in Capital Punishment, Harris Country Texas Death Penalty, Harris County Texas, Robert Murrow, Death Penalty, Troy Davis, Black Voices News

The connection between race and capital punishment has been a hot topic this year, and it's likely to remain one after a new study found a shocking pa...

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Capital Punishment: An Attack on Human Dignity

Human Rights Watch | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Troy Davis, Death Row, Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Politics News

The cornerstone of human rights is respect for the inherent dignity of all human beings and the inviolability of the human person. Human Rights Watch ...

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How California Could Save Millions By Ending The Death Penalty

| Will Evans | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: California Death Penalty Ballot Initiative, Death Row, Death Penalty, California Death Penalty Repeal, California Capital Punishment, California Death Penalty, Los Angeles News

Story comes courtesy of California Watch By Will Evans A nonpartisan analysis of a California ballot initiative to abolish the death penalty fou...

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PHOTOS: Tennessee Prison Frees Former Death Row Inmate

AP | By TRAVIS LOLLER | Posted 12.07.2011

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By TRAVIS LOLLER, Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Memphis woman who spent 26 years on death row and came within two months of being executed...

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Ohio Muslim Inmates Sue Over Meal Preparation

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Abdul Awkal, Islam, Death Row Inmate, Death Row, Video, Halal, Ohio Prison, Religion News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A Muslim death row inmate says the Ohio prison system is denying him meals prepared according to Islamic law while at the same ...

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Medicaid, Death Row And Religion Cases Slated For Supreme Court's First Week Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.03.2011

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With the bang of a gavel at 10 sharp this morning, the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court will return to the bench to begin oral argumen...

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Former Texas Prison Cook Wants To Continue Last Meals

AP | By MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Texas, Last Meal, Death Row, Last Meals on Death Row, Last Meals Texas, Last Meals, Food News

HOUSTON -- A former Texas inmate who cooked the final meals for hundreds of condemned prisoners is offering to start doing it again at no cost to the ...

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Troy Davis Never Had a Chance

David Protess | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Capital Punishment, Death Row, George Ryan Pardon, Troy Davis Appeals, Wrongful Conviction, Troy Davis Execution, Death Penalty, Stay of Execution, Troy Davis, Mark MacPhail, Girvies Davis, Chicago News

"How could this happen in America?" was the question repeated on talk radio and around the water coolers. Now it's time for a postmortem, and the troubling answer is: it happens all the time.

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Slain Officer's Mom Agonizes Over Troy Davis Execution Wait

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ga. — The mother of a slain Georgia police officer says she is agonizing over the wait while the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether to...

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Why Are We Killing Troy Davis?

Kevin Powell | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Death Penalty, Troy Davis, Black Males, Executions, Prison Population, Capital Punishment, Death Row, Troy Davis Death Penalty, Racial Injustice, Troy Davis Execution, Troy Davis Clemency, Politics News

We are a nation of an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. Spiraling so far out of control that we are going to execute someone who may actually be innocent tomorrow.

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Nellie McKay Sings Out For Troy Davis

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Troy Davis Execution, Death Penalty, Death Row, Capital Punishment, Troy Davis Trial, Troy Davis, Crime News

Singer, songwriter, actress, activist and all around delightful talent Nellie McKay has just released a haunting video to bring attention to the case of Troy Davis.

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Herzog's 'Into The Abyss' At Toronto

latimes.com | Posted 11.10.2011

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Since the premiere of his new documentary last weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, filmmaker Werner Herzog has been saying that "Into the Abyss" ...

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Cory Maye Chats With HuffPost Readers About His Release From Prison

Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Radley Balko, Death Row, Live Chat, Mississippi, Drug War, Racism, Cory Maye, Death Penalty, Police Militarization, Race, Innocence, Swat Teams, Politics News

Cory Maye served 10 years in prison for killing a Mississippi police officer during a mistaken raid on his home. Maye, who had no prior criminal recor...

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Georgia Inmate Dies In Video-Recorded Execution

AP | By SHANNON McCAFFREY | Posted 09.20.2011

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JACKSON, Ga. (Associated Press) — A Georgia man convicted of killing his parents and sister was executed Thursday after the courts allowed what expe...

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