Hair sample holds key to condemned man's fate
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...
Death row DNA test denied for Miss. inmate
theGRIO REPORT - A Mississippi inmate has been denied requests for DNA testing and he is set to be executed on Tuesday...
Georgia: Appeals court halts execution of mentally challenged man
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
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
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...
Texas attorney tries to postpone execution of mentally ill client
theGRIO REPORT - Texas attorney James Rytting is attempting to postpone the execution of his client, Johnathan Green, claiming his client is not mentally competent.
Judge halts execution of man who killed his abusers
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia judge has halted Wednesday's scheduled execution of death-row inmate Terrance "Terry" Williams and granted him a new sentencing hearing...
Charlotte man once on death row charged in wife's slaying
(AP) - Once on Florida's death row, Joseph Green Brown was released from jail after an appeals court overturned his rape and murder convictions in 1986. Now Brown is back in jail...
Erotic chocolate leads death row inmate to appeal conviction
theGRIO REPORT - For convicted Cobby County killer and death row inmate Marcus Wellons an "erotically shaped chocolates" gift from one juror to the trial judge and a bailiff could spell the difference between life and death...
Gambia president vows to execute death row inmates
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) - Gambia's president says he has vowed to start executing by mid-September all of the country's inmates who had been sentenced to the death penalty as part of efforts to curb the rising crime rate...
