Alabama Plans To Execute Kenneth Smith With Nitrogen Gas
In 1996, a jury recommended 11-1 that Kenneth Smith be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for his role in a murder-for-hire plot. The judge overruled the jury …
Death Penalty
Supreme Court Will Hear Richard Glossip’s Innocence Claim
The Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Richard Glossip, a man on death row in Oklahoma who has maintained his innocence throughout several attempts by the state to execute …
Harris County, Texas Death Row System ‘Broken’: Report
Harris County, Texas, has executed more people than anywhere else in the country. In most Harris County cases ending in a death sentence over the previous 20 years, defense lawyers …
Texas Juror Was Misled Into Voting For Death Penalty
In 1991, Brent Brewer was sentenced to death for fatally stabbing Robert Laminack during a robbery. Sixteen years later, the Supreme Court vacated his sentence, finding that jurors had not …
Oklahoma Considers Pausing Executions | HuffPost Latest News
Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday discussed the possibility of enacting a moratorium on capital punishment in the state as concerns about innocence and botched executions continue to mount. Death penalty experts, …
Florida Executes Michael Zack, Who Was Sentenced By A Split Jury
Florida on Tuesday executed 54-year-old Michael Zack, who was sentenced to death decades ago by a non-unanimous jury under a death penalty statute that has since been found unconstitutional. Zack …