Arkansas court says death row inmate can drop appeal

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a death row inmate convicted of killing a police officer during a traffic stop is mentally competent to drop his appeal. Justices in a 6-1 ruling rejected the appeal of Jerry Lard, who was convicted in the fatal shooting of Trumann police... Read More

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Jerry Lard

March 13, 2020

Sister of executed man to governor: ‘You killed my brother’

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The sister of an executed inmate, whose case drew national scrutiny because he was not the gunman, confronted Alabama’s governor on Thursday for not stopping the lethal injection. The sister of Nathaniel Woods approached Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey as she spoke with reporters about the U.S. Census, WSFA reported. Woods was... Read More

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Nathaniel Woods

March 6, 2020

Alabama executes man convicted in killing of 3 officers

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 killings of three police officers in Alabama who were shot by another man was executed Thursday evening. Inmate Nathaniel Woods, 43, was pronounced dead at 9:01 p.m. CST Thursday following a lethal injection at the state prison in Atmore, authorities said. The... Read More

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Nathaniel Woods

March 4, 2020

Missouri man in prison for wife’s 1990 death seeks clemency

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 75-year-old Missouri inmate who insists he did not kill his wife is clinging to hope that Gov. Mike Parson will heed his petition for clemency, despite three decades of unsuccessful legal efforts to secure his freedom. Kathy Middleton died from a gunshot wound in her Blue Springs home on... Read More

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Ken Middleton

March 4, 2020

Death row inmate slips through legal system

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — David Martin was sentenced to die six years ago. But since late 2018, after the state Supreme Court upheld his sentence, the 35-year-old Ohio death row inmate has fallen through the cracks of the legal system. He hasn’t had a lawyer for more than a year and he missed his chance... Read More

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David Martin

February 28, 2020

‘Boy Next Door’ Killer expected to get death for 2 murders

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge is expected to give a death sentence Friday to a man prosecutors call “The Boy Next Door Killer,” who was found guilty of the home-invasion murders of two women. A Los Angeles jury recommended the death penalty in October for 44-year-old Michael Thomas Gargiulo, whose victims included 22-year-old Ashley... Read More

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Michael Thomas Gargiulo

February 28, 2020

Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil for his actions the night eight people were shot to death. Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was convicted Tuesday of the May 2017 slayings of eight people. Four of... Read More

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Willie Cory Godbolt

February 28, 2020

Texas man sentenced to death for killing officer, friend

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A North Texas man was sentenced to death late Thursday for the 2018 killings of a Dallas-area police officer and another man. The Collin County jury deliberated for about eight hours before returning the death sentence for Brandon McCall, 28, for shooting his friend, Rene Gamez II, and Richardson police officer... Read More

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Brandon McCall

February 26, 2020

Prosecutors seek death for man accused of killing wife, kids

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a man indicted on four counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his wife and three children at their Florida home near Walt Disney World. State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced during a news conference Tuesday that an Osceola County grand jury had formally... Read More

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Anthony Todt

February 25, 2020

Tennessee continues push for executions, setting 2 more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee on Monday set two new execution dates, days after putting to death its seventh inmate in the past year and a half. The Tennessee Supreme Court ordered an Oct. 8 execution date for Byron Black and a Dec. 3 execution date for Pervis Payne. Black was convicted by a Nashville... Read More

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Byron Black, Pervis Payne

February 21, 2020

Tennessee man gets electric chair for killing fellow inmate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A convicted murderer was put to death in Tennessee’s electric chair Thursday, becoming the state’s fifth prisoner over 16 months to choose electrocution over the state’s preferred method of lethal injection. Nicholas Sutton, 58, was pronounced dead at 7:26 p.m. at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Asked if he... Read More

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Nicholas Sutton

February 20, 2020

Tennessee man to be electrocuted for killing fellow inmate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate is scheduled to die in the state’s electric chair Thursday, becoming the fifth convict in the past 16 months to choose electrocution over lethal injection, the state’s preferred method. Nicholas Sutton, 58, was sentenced to death in 1986 for killing fellow inmate Carl Estep in a conflict over... Read More

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Nicholas Sutton

February 19, 2020

Execution date set for man convicted of killing 81-year-old

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing an 81-year-old mobile home park manager nearly three decades ago now faces execution in May. The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a May 19 execution date for Walter Barton, 64. He would be the first Missouri inmate put to death since Russell Bucklew was... Read More

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Walter Barton

February 13, 2020

Death sentence overturned for Texas man accused of killing 5

HOUSTON (AP) — Texas’ highest criminal court on Wednesday overturned the death sentence of a man who was convicted of capital murder after having been accused of shooting five people, including his mother and aunt. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not reverse Charles Brownlow’s conviction in the 2013 slaying of Luis Gerardo Leal-Carrillo,... Read More

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Charles Brownlow

Arkansas court says death row inmate can drop appeal

Sister of executed man to governor: ‘You killed my brother’

Alabama executes man convicted in killing of 3 officers

Missouri man in prison for wife’s 1990 death seeks clemency

Death row inmate slips through legal system

‘Boy Next Door’ Killer expected to get death for 2 murders

Mississippi man gets death sentence for multiple killings

Texas man sentenced to death for killing officer, friend

Prosecutors seek death for man accused of killing wife, kids

Tennessee continues push for executions, setting 2 more

Tennessee man gets electric chair for killing fellow inmate

Tennessee man to be electrocuted for killing fellow inmate

Execution date set for man convicted of killing 81-year-old

Death sentence overturned for Texas man accused of killing 5

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