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On 6 March 2019, the Supreme Court of India acquitted all the six death-row convicts and proclaimed them innocent. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In March 2023, the Supreme Court of India freed Niranaram Chetanram Chaudhary after he spent 28 years, six months and 23 days in custody, and was freed from Nagpur jail.
Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment often cite cases of wrongful execution as arguments, while proponents argue that innocence concerns the credibility of the justice system as a whole and does not solely undermine the use of the death penalty.
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued numerous rulings on the use of capital punishment (the death penalty). While some rulings applied very narrowly, perhaps to only one individual, other cases have had great influence over wide areas of procedure, eligible crimes, acceptable evidence and method of execution.
With his execution looming last Thursday, the 57-year-old Texas death row inmate watched as his attorneys’ legal ... another factor she and others believe contributed to his wrongful conviction. ...
Can there be a worse result than the affirmance of the death penalty by an equally divided court? Is there a more important issue than preventing a possibly wrongful execution due to an avoidable ...
Advocates of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson are pleading for the state to halt its plans to execute him Thursday for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter – a crime Roberson says he did ...
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 7, 2026 Quisi Bryan: 55 29 26 Male Black Ohio: To be determined: Profile: 2 February 11, 2026 Antonio Sanchez Franklin: 47 18 29 Profile: 3 March 12, 2026 James Earl Trimble: 65 44 21 White Profile: 4 June 17, 2026
Ivan Cantu, who's on death row and scheduled to be executed on Feb. 28, said new evidence presented after his conviction proves his innocence and says he doesn't want to die.