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Mississippi asks court to set execution for man on death row since 1976
The Mississippi attorney general requesting an execution date for the state's longest-serving death row inmate. Richard Gerald Jordan is 78.
Attorney General Lynn Fitch files motion to Mississippi Supreme Court to set execution date for death row inmate
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied an appeal for a 78-year-old death row inmate.
Longest-serving death row inmate speaks out after murder acquittal
Last month, a city in Oklahoma agreed to pay more than $7 million to a former death row inmate who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison, making him the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime in the U.S.
Japanese court acquits man who sat on death row for 45 years
The Shizuoka district court acquitted 88-year-old Iwao Hakamada on Thursday, clearing him of all charges in a retrial of the 1966 murders of four people. The decision ended his family's decades-long fight for justice after a wrongful conviction that the court determined to be based on fabricated evidence.
The World’s Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Acquitted in Japan Mulls Suing the Government
A lawyer for the world’s longest-serving death row inmate — who was acquitted in a retrial last week of a 1966 quadruple murder — says the defense team is considering filing a damages suit against the
He’s the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. A court ruling may soon clear his name
A pair of blood-spattered trousers in a miso tank and an allegedly forced confession helped send Iwao Hakamata to death row more than five decades ago.
Longest-serving death row prisoner hails acquittal 'victory'
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction.
Ohio death row inmate who killed 10-year-old girl loses bid to reopen appeal
In 1991, 10-year-old Amber Garrett was kidnapped from her home in Harrison, Ohio. Wogenstahl stabbed her to death, and her ...
Man who put another on death row now says the accused is innocent. | The Excerpt
Robert Roberson sits on death row in Texas. The man largely responsible for putting him there is Brian Wharton who now says ...
With days left until his scheduled execution, Texas death row inmate's attorneys take new step to request clemency
Roberson's attorneys have sent an updated letter to the Board of Pardons and Paroles and Gov. Greg Abbott, requesting ...
Former boxer who served world's longest sentence on death row speaks out after murder acquittal: "Finally I have won"
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner thanked his supporters for helping him achieve "complete victory" after a Japanese court last week overturned his decades-old murder conviction.
Mississippi Supreme Court denies appeal for death row inmate sentenced in 1976 for killing Gulfport banker’s wife
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi’s longest death row inmate was denied appeal by the Mississippi Supreme Court on Tuesday ...
Man stabbed mother to death after row over drugs
A man stabbed his mother to death outside their family home following a row over drugs, a court has heard. Gregor Bauld, 23, ...
Snoop Dogg And Death Row Records Ink Publishing Deal With Reservoir Media
Snoop Dogg and Death Row Records have signed a publishing agreement with Reservoir Media that encompasses domestic publishing ...
Death row prisoner bursts into song then unexpectedly thanks prison guards in final words before execution
Garcia Glen White became the fifth man to be executed in Texas this year after he was put to death on 1 October for murdering ...