David Wood Wants DNA Tests That May Delay Execution — Or Prove His Innocence
Two months ago, Marcia Fulton received a knock on her door in El Paso, Texas, from lawyers for David Wood ...
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Tag: death row
Why a Doctor Defends Firing Squads But Doesn’t Advocate Executions
The Trump administration recently pledged to help executioners across the country secure lethal injection drugs. But many drug companies still ...
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Trump’s New Executive Order to Expand the Death Penalty Misses Key Details
Filed 6:05 p.m. EST 01.22.2025 The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration ...
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What Biden Can Still Do on Criminal Justice With 65 Days Left in Office.
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this ...
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Japanese court acquits former boxer Iwao Hakamada in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row
A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an ...
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Robert Roberson Shows Perils of Death Penalty Cases Involving Autism
This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this ...
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News Inside Issue 17 Dives Into the Field of Death Penalty Mitigation
The pages of News Inside Issue 17. You can download the PDF here. The pages of News Inside Issue 17. ...
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A Death Row Prisoner’s Parting Interview
Additional reporting by Nakylah Carter and Keri Blakinger Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. ...
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How a Rapper Used a Death Row Phone to Record an Album in North Carolina
By Alim Braxton and Mark Katz Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Sign up ...
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Eerie final words of ‘vampire’ who killed 6-year-old girl
A Missouri death row inmate who claimed to be a vampire told the family of the 6-year-old girl he abducted ...
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