A death row reprieve in Mississsippi

Monica Land

PARCHMAN, Miss. - Death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning will have another chance to prove his innocence in the murders of two college students more than two decades ago after the Mississippi Supreme Court voted eight to one to grant him a stay of execution...

Mississippi Supreme Court blocks execution

Jack Elliott Jr., Associated Press

PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening's scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of the 1992 slayings of two college students.

Willie Manning shows why death penalty must end

David A. Love

OPINION - Unless the governor of Mississippi intervenes, the Magnolia State will execute Willie Jerome Manning on May 7...

Hair sample holds key to condemned man's fate

Monica Land

PARCHMAN, Miss. - Attorneys for a death row inmate convicted of killing two college students in 1992 are hoping that a hair sample holds the key to exonerating their client...

White supremacist gangs in national spotlight

David A. Love

theGRIO REPORT - Who would have known that white supremacist prison gangs are a problem in America?...

Georgia: Appeals court halts execution of mentally challenged man

Kate Brumback, Associated Press

JACKSON, Georgia (AP) — A U.S. appeals court halted the execution Tuesday of a Georgia man who killed a fellow prisoner in 1990, issuing a last-minute order to allow more time to consider claims that he's mentally disabled.

Judge overturns 3 death sentences under Racial Justice Act

Brittany Tom

theGRIO REPORT - A North Carolina judge voided the death sentences of three convicted murderers yesterday, two of whom were African-American, citing that race played a significant role in their trial and sentencing...

NAACP steps up fight to end death penalty in Maryland

Marquise Francis

theGRIO REPORT - The NAACP is stepping up its fight to end the death penalty in the state of Maryland by vowing to mount its largest-ever effort in a state...

Judge stays execution of mentally ill mass killer

Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge on Saturday granted a stay of execution for a convicted mass killer in Florida, who is mentally ill and was scheduled to be put to death on Tuesday...

Judge halts execution of man who killed his abusers

theGrio

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia judge has halted Wednesday's scheduled execution of death-row inmate Terrance "Terry" Williams and granted him a new sentencing hearing...