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DNA, death row and Supreme Court

SCOTUSblog · 17h

Court rules in favor of death row inmate

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the constitutionality of state laws governing DNA testing. […]

The New York Times · 23h

Supreme Court Sides With Death Row Prisoner Seeking DNA Testing

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman.

The Texas Tribune on MSN · 19h

U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas death row inmate pushing for DNA evidence tests

Ruben Gutierrez is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that restricts death row inmates from seeking tests that he says will prove he’s not a murderer.

Mississippi executes man on death row

CNN on MSN · 1d

Mississippi executes the longest-serving man on the state’s death row for 1976 killing

The longest-serving man on Mississippi’s death row was executed Wednesday, nearly five decades after he kidnapped and killed a bank loan officer’s wife in a violent ransom scheme.

Fox News on MSN · 1d

Vietnam veteran executed in Mississippi after nearly 50 years on death row for 1976 murder

After four trials, 79-year-old Richard Gerald Jordan was executed in Mississippi for the 1976 murder of Edwina Marter, a mother of two young children.

UPI on MSN · 1d

Mississippi executes man on death row for nearly 50 years

The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.

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Bryan Kohberger could escape death penalty because of leaked evidence aired during TV episode: fmr prosecutor

A former federal prosecutor said a media leak in the Bryan Kohberger murder case has the potential to take the death penalty ...

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As Richard Jordan execution nears, here’s what methods MS allows for the death penalty

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...

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Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon’s life

Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...

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Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes, may spare real estate tycoon

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon ...

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Harrisburg man facing death penalty in two killings tells judge he’ll represent himself at trial

A Harrisburg man potentially facing the death penalty just fired his public defender and told a judge he would represent ...

18hon MSN

Stoughton cop accused of killing Sandra Birchmore adds death penalty specialist to defense team

The federal case against a Stoughton cop accused of grooming, impregnating and then killing a Canton woman named Sandra ...

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Civil-rights groups urge California governor to grant clemency to all on death row

More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...

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