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Texas has executed the most inmates of any other state in the nation, and it's not even close. The Lone Star state has put 591 inmates to death since 1982, most recently Garcia Glen White on Oct. 1.
Editor’s Note: This story includes graphic descriptions of violence some readers may find disturbing. An 81-year-old Louisiana death row inmate died Saturday, several weeks before he was ...
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county. An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them competent to do so.
The longest sitting death row inmate, Fred Singleton, is also the oldest at age 80. He was convicted in 1983 after sexually assaulting a 73-year-old woman and strangling her to death with a ...
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Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for rape of an adult woman when the victim is not killed. Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782 (1982) – The death penalty is unconstitutional for a person who is a minor participant in a felony and does not kill, attempt to kill, or intend to kill. Tison v.
As Freddie Eugene Owens lives the last hours of his life, USA TODAY is sharing some of the South Carolina death row inmate's handwritten letters to a woman he loved. At times furious and at others ...
Larry Jones and Jackie Ransom 26 Joseph Earl Bates: White 35 M September 26, 2003 Yadkin: Charles Jenkins 27 Edward Ernest Hartman: White 39 M October 3, 2003 Northampton: Herman Larry Smith Sr. 28 Joseph Timothy Keel: White 39 M November 7, 2003 Edgecombe: John Simmons 29 John Dennis Daniels: Black 46 M November 14, 2003 Mecklenburg: Isabelle ...