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They were on federal death row. Now they may go to a supermax prison.
Prisoners say the Trump administration is seeking tougher conditions for them as punishment for having their death sentences ...
Louisiana child killer spared by Biden faces death penalty again after ‘outrageous’ commutation: DA
Child killer Thomas Sanders, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 2010, is facing death again after former President ...
Death row inmates sue to stop Trump from sending them to prison that housed Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber
Attorney says Trump administration is ‘just assuming they are the worst of the worst by virtue of their death sentences’ ...
Former death row prisoners fight attempt to move them to one of the nation’s harshest prisons.
The men had their death sentences commuted under the Biden administration, but say they are being punished by being ...
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Executions stand still in Ohio, but the death penalty debate persists
The standstill is due in part to pharmaceutical companies’ opposition to use of their products in the drug concoction that creates a lethal injection in Ohio Dr.
Prosecutors can’t use Bryan Kohberger’s autism against him to argue for the death penalty: judge
Prosecutors won’t be allowed to use alleged killer Bryan Kohberger’s autism to argue to a jury that he deserves the death ...
This Palm Beach County man has lived on death row for nearly 50 years. Here's his story
Paul Scott, who murdered Boca Raton florist James Alessi, was sentenced to death in 1979. He has survived five death warrants ...
Judge questions ‘propriety’ of Kansas death penalty law in KC-area murder case
Wyandotte County Judge Bill Klapper didn’t strike down Kansas’ death penalty law but appeared highly skeptical of it.