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11 hours ago · In Georgia, which has killed 77 death row inmates since 1976, 86% of botched executions involved Black prisoners when only 30% of all executed people were Black.
Mar 25, 2024 · Death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith wept Wednesday as he pleaded for mercy, saying again he is innocent of two 2002 murders despite confessing to police. "I didn't commit these crimes. I didn't kill these people. I was high on drugs," he told the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board by video. More: Oklahoma prisons chief wants executions every ...
Sep 22, 2023 · Death row inmate Anthony Sanchez was executed and declared dead at 10:19 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Last week, Sanchez's supporters delivered a handwritten letter from him to the governor's office. "I am 100% innocent," Sanchez wrote Gov. Kevin Stitt. "Please help me by granting a 60-day reprieve so that my new ...
May 5, 2023 · By Adam Liptak. May 5, 2023. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court granted a stay of execution on Friday to Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, after the state’s attorney general ...
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Feb 29, 2024 · At least 16 Texas death row prisoners have been exonerated since 1973. Cantu’s attorney had hoped to present new evidence to officials regarding his claim to innocence. Much of the new ...
In 1910, Death Row Inmates Played Baseball For Their Lives. Shannon Quinn - June 8, 2019. The Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars looked like your average baseball team. Healthy young men swung their bats and ran to their bases just like any other. For a prison team, you would think that this was some kind of reward for good behavior.
