Texas lawmakers can’t stop executions, state Supreme Court says
A Texas constitutional crisis erupted after state lawmakers subpoenaed death row inmate Robert Roberson III to testify before ...
South Carolina to take a break from executions for the holidays
South Carolina restarted its death chamber this year after an unintended 13-year break in executions in part because ...
No more death row executions until January, SC Supreme Court decides
South Carolina will not carry out any more executions until at least January, the state Supreme Court ruled in a Thursday ...
Texas Supreme Court rules lawmakers can't stop executions after their last-minute subpoena spared Robert Roberson
Texas Supreme Court rules lawmakers can't stop executions after their last-minute subpoena spared Robert Roberson ...
What is next for executions in SC after 2 inmates were recently put to death?
South Carolina’s Supreme Court has not set a date for the state’s next execution after lawyers for four inmates out of ...
Trump execution restart to put Boston Marathon bomber, Charleston church shooter, more killers in hot seat
A look at some of the 40 federal inmates awaiting execution on death row whose sentences were put on pause under the ...
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Anti-death penalty lawmaker says proposals to end Ohio executions don’t have enough votes
A perennial bill to abolish Ohio’s death penalty got another hearing Wednesday morning, but there’s little time left for it ...
Death row inmates ask for pause in executions over winter holiday
Attorneys for death row inmates are asking the state Supreme Court to wait until after New Year’s Day to issue any more death ...
Texas Supreme Court clears the way for execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson
The Texas Supreme Court is a civil court jurisdiction and does not rule on criminal cases. So Friday's ruling was only on the subpoena power of the legislature and does not address the merits of ...