The Court of Criminal Appeals on Thursday overturned the death sentence of Clarence Jordan, who was convicted in Harris County in 1978.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for a man convicted of killing two people 40 years ago at a Central ...

In 2019, New Hampshire lawmakers voted to end the use of the death penalty. The Legislature, though, included a specific carveout: The state’s lone death row inmate, Michael Addison, was not affected ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — Gov. Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Alabama death row inmate Charles “Sonny” Burton to life in prison without the possibility of parole, sparing him from a scheduled ...

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