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December 20, 2024 at 6:32 PM

Robert Roberson no longer expected to testify before state House committee

Death row inmate Robert Roberson, convicted of murder on elements of "shaken baby syndrome,” has been ordered to appear before a Texas House committee.
December 20, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Texas lawmakers meet with Robert Roberson at a prison in Livingston, Texas, Sept. 27, 2024.
2 months ago

Dr. Phil testifies, testimony postponed for Texas death row man in 'shaken baby' case

Phil argued that executing Robert Roberson would be a 'miscarriage of justice' in the 'shaken baby' case hearing before the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence on Monday.
2 months ago
Desperate last ditch effort to save a death row inmate
2 months ago

Supreme Court to hear 'remarkable' Oklahoma death penalty appeal from Richard Glossip

In a dramatic case from Oklahoma, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether a man must be executed even though the state calls his prosecution "deeply flawed."
2 months ago
This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Richard Glossip on Feb. 19, 2021.
9 months ago

State board declines to stay execution of man lawyers say is intellectually disabled

A state board in Georgia has declined to stay the execution of a man whose lawyers say is intellectually disabled.
9 months ago
This image provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows inmate Willie James Pye.
2 years ago

Missouri inmate Amber McLaughlin executed: Report

Amber McLaughlin is believed to be the first trans person to be executed in the U.S. and the first person executed in 2023, according to Death Penalty Information Center.
2 years ago
This photo provided by the Federal Public Defender Office shows death row inmate Amber McLaughlin.
2 years ago

Police honored with Congressional Gold Medal for Jan. 6

Leadership from the House and Senate awarded the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department with Congress' highest honor.
2 years ago
Leadership from the House and Senate awarded the Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department with Congress' highest honor.
3 years ago

Texas halts Melissa Lucio's execution, court to consider new evidence

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles will review Melissa Lucio's death sentence and make a recommendation to Gov. Greg Abbott. Her execution is set for April 27.
3 years ago
John Lucio, with his wife Michelle Lucio, prays with Jennifer Allmon, right, Executive Director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, before a hearing  about his mother, death row inmate Melissa Lucio, in Austin, Texas, on April 12, 2022.
3 years ago

Fight for Melissa Lucio's exoneration continues after stay of execution granted

Melissa Lucio was convicted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. Her case has gained national attention as her family and legal team fought for clemency.
3 years ago
In this undated photograph, Texas death row inmate Melissa Lucio is holding one of her sons, John.
3 years ago

Stay issued on execution of Melissa Lucio two days before she was set to face death

Melissa Lucio was convicted of capital murder in 2008 in the death of her 2-year-old daughter. Advocates say the case was mismanaged and that crucial parts of evidence were never presented.
3 years ago
VIDEO:  Stay issued on execution of Melissa Lucio two days before she was set to face death
3 years ago

Melissa Lucio faces execution in Texas as supporters seek clemency

Melissa Lucio was found guilty of capital murder in the death of her two year old daughter in 2007. She has been in death row for the past 15 years.
3 years ago
Melissa Lucio was sentenced to death, July 10, 2008, in Brownsville, Texas. Lucio was convicted for the death of her daughter Mariah Alvarez.
3 years ago

Texas pastor on Supreme Court death chamber case: What's the harm of prayer, touch?

John Ramirez is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow his Baptist pastor inside a Texas death chamber to pray aloud and lay a hand on his body as he's executed.
3 years ago
Pastor Dana Moore of Corpus Christi, Texas, has ministered to death row inmate John Ramirez since 2017 and wants the Supreme Court to allow him to pray with Ramirez at the moment of execution.
4 years ago

Wyoming considering repeal of death penalty

Legislators in Wyoming have introduced a bill to end he state's use of capital punishment.
4 years ago
The death chamber is pictured as seen from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility on Aug. 29, 2001 in Lucasville, Ohio.
4 years ago

US schedules 1st federal execution of woman in nearly 70 years

The U.S. Department of Justice has scheduled the first federal execution of a woman in nearly seven decades.
4 years ago
This undated image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Dec. 8, 2020, at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Montgomery was convicted of fatally strangling a pregnant woman, cutting her body open and kidnapping her baby.