Death row inmate Tremane Wood gets clemency recommendation

Gov. Kevin Stitt has the final say. The execution is scheduled for Nov. 13 at t State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Divided Oklahoma parole board recommends clemency for death row inmate

A divided five-member parole board in Oklahoma recommended clemency for a 46-year-old man on death row for the 2001 New ...

Japan’s death penalty in the spotlight after inmate freed from decades on death row

Death row inmates in Japanese jails are kept in solitary confinement and forced to wait for years, and sometimes decades, ...
Detroit Free Press

'Fragile, broken people.' What's the impact of Ohio's serious mental illness law?

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with serious mental illnesses from being executed. Nine people have been removed from death row, with 25 cases still pending. Some death row inmates have ...
Dallas Observer

These Texas Women Fight the Death Penalty Outside Huntsville Execution Chamber

Gloria Rubac remembers the thick crowd, primarily composed of students from Sam Houston State University, and the way they cheered outside the red-brick Texas State Penitentiary as the sun set. Having ...
AOL

Death Row Appeal Claims Prosecutors Used Fat-Shaming Evidence Unfairly

(Texas Scorecard) – A Texas woman convicted of one of the most gruesome murders in recent memory is now appealing her death sentence, arguing that prosecutors improperly introduced humiliating and ...
Detroit Free Press

Will Ohio end its death penalty stalemate? Victims, prisoners wait for answers

Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine. State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new ...