Death Sentence

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December 14, 2022
Kate Brown, who has less than a month in office, said their sentences will be changed to life without the…
July 5, 2022
The DOJ is considering whether to seek the death penalty against the Buffalo suspect accused of murdering 10 African Americans.
June 14, 2022
Terence Andrus was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of Avelino Diaz and Kim-Phuong Vu Bui during a 2008…
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November 18, 2021
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted the death sentence of condemned inmate Julius Jones on Thursday, hours before his scheduled execution.
May 23, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court upended the conviction and death sentence of a black Georgia man Monday because prosecutors…
December 31, 2014
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley announced on Monday that he will commute all remaining death sentences to life without parole. The
October 19, 2014
During the capital murder sentencing, through testimony of Texas state licensed psychologist Dr. Walter Quijano, Buck’s race became the centerpiece…
December 2, 2013
theGRIO NEWS - Magic Johnson has been living with the HIV virus for over 20 years now and throughout that…
October 9, 2013
NBC NEWS - Just two percent of counties in the United States are responsible for more than half of the…
June 17, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A U.S. woman who became the country's youngest death row inmate at age 16, sparking protests, after…
December 14, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - A North Carolina judge voided the death sentences of three convicted murderers yesterday, two of whom were…
December 15, 2011
MSNBC - The number of death sentences imposed in the U.S. has taken an 'historic drop'...
December 9, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - Dr. Marc Lamont Hill discusses the Mumia case with theGrio, lending new insight to the life story…
December 5, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Monday took the rare step of tossing out the murder convictions…
November 16, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Twelve of the last 13 new death sentences obtained by the Texas Harris County District Attorney's Office…
November 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a Texas death row inmate who won…
October 11, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request from prosecutors who want to re-impose a death sentence…
August 9, 2010
In a system where justice is supposed to be blind, murder defendants accused of killing white victims are nearly three…