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al.com on MSN · 1h

‘DNA doesn’t lie:’ On death row in Alabama, DNA doesn’t matter

The state of Alabama has a complicated relationship with science, and its criminal courts are no exception. Often, state prosecutors defend debunked junk science, like bite marks, to keep people in prison.

The New York Times · 19h

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.

SCOTUSblog · 13h

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. […]

Mississippi executes man on death row

Associated Press News on MSN · 23h

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

Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

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.

4hon MSN

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 ...

The Texas Tribune on MSN16h

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 ...

1don MSN

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 ...

1d

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 ...

15hon MSN

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 ...

14hon 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 ...

1don MSN

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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