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 Roberson is innocent.
5 U.S. death row inmates were executed in one week, the most in decades
Death row inmates in five states have been put to death in the span of one week, an unusually high number of executions that defies a yearslong trend of decline in both the use and support of the death penalty in the U.
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.
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.
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
World's longest-serving death row prisoner found innocent after 46 years of conviction in Japan
A murder saga which gripped Japan's public and bought scrutiny on the legal system, which allows for capital punishment.
The world’s longest-serving death row inmate has just been acquitted
The now-88-year-old man was recently acquitted by a Japanese court on Thursday, September 26, 2024, after a retrial of his quadruple murder case where it was found that the evidence presented against him was fabricated.
Mississippi justices reject latest appeal from man on death row since 1976
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied the latest appeal from a man who has been on the state’s death row longer than any ...
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Mississippi Supreme Court denies appeal for 78-year-old death row inmate
The Mississippi Supreme Court has denied an appeal for a 78-year-old death row inmate. Richard Gerald Jordan was convicted in ...
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 ...
Supreme Court rejects motion from Death Row inmate first sentenced in 1976
His death sentence was previously changed to life without parole. But after a new trial, he was again sentenced to death.
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.
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 ...
California mafia member on death row fatally beaten by other inmates in prison
A mafia member on death row was beaten to death by three other inmates at a prison in Southern California, officials said. No staff or other inmates were injured.
South African family ‘feel like we are on death row waiting for deportation’ from Ireland
In its report, refusing leave to remain, the International Protection Office (IPO) accepts “on the balance of probabilities” ...