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1 day ago · In 2023, the GOP-led Texas House passed a bill to eliminate the death penalty in cases involving someone who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The bill was never taken up by the Texas Senate ...
2 days ago · As of July 1, 2024, there were 2,213 death row inmates in the United States, including 49 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
6 days ago · The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of an Oklahoma man on death row who may have been wrongfully convicted — a case the Oklahoma City archbishop has said could...
2 days ago · Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jeff Pope (“Philomena”) and Xavier Marchand of “Nautilus” producer Moonriver TV are teaming up on “Castle of the Eagles,” a six-episode limited series based on the true story of Allied POWs who staged a daring prison break from a fortified Italian castle during World War II. The duo will be presenting the project …
5 days ago · Richard Glossip is on death row after being convicted of an Oklahoma murder 20 years ago. Now, however, the state’s Republican attorney general says that his trial was unconstitutional and...
5 days ago · The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a remarkable true-crime drama that pits Oklahoma's attorney general against the state’s highest court for criminal appeals. At issue is ...
5 days ago · CNN — The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with an appeal from an Oklahoma death row inmate who even the state’s conservative attorney general believes should not be executed, with some...
