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From hero of the anti-death penalty movement to felon, former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dead at 91
George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, Illinoia House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, ...
Life after California’s death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance
Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.
Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who’s been on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25.
Prosecutors want the death penalty for Luigi Mangione. It's a legal stretch | Opinion
It's unclear whether federal law was even broken when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed on a New York street.
Luigi Mangione's top federal prosecutor in NY is recused in mystery shake-up in death penalty case
The top federal prosecutor in Luigi Mangione's case has quietly been recused, according to a letter to Judge Margaret M.
Oscar Franklin Smith, Tennessee death row inmate, declines to select execution method
Oscar Franklin Smith, a Tennessee death row inmate scheduled to die on May 22, declined to select a method meaning it ...
After Biden commuted federal death row sentences, DAs are weighing state charges
A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...
Idaho judge slams Bryan Kohberger's 'hollow' attempt to dodge death penalty in latest blow to defense
Judge Steven Hippler denied a motion on Tuesday from Bryan Kohberger's defense team that asked to remove the death penalty as ...
Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man’s lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis
A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.
US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, ...
Execution date set for man on Mississippi death row for nearly 50 years
Richard Gerald Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row since 1977. The state has set an execution date of June 25, saying ...
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Former Gov. George Ryan dead at 91; remembered for corruption conviction, halting death penalty
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and ...