James Herard, 25, was convicted by a Fort Lauderdale jury in May of murdering two people. The jury recommended a death sentence. Well, during a sentencing hearing…
James Herard, 25, was convicted by a Fort Lauderdale jury in May of murdering two people. The jury recommended a death sentence. Well, during a sentencing hearing…
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) â A botched execution that used a new drug combination left an Oklahoma inmate writhing and clenching his teeth on the gurney Tuesday, leading prison officials to halt the proceedings before the inmate’s eventual death from a heart attack. Clayton Lockett, 38, was declared unconscious 10 minutes after the first of the […]
SEATTLE– Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday a moratorium on the death penalty in his state, saying the suspension of capital punishment will be in…
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) â Texas marked a solemn moment in criminal justice Wednesday evening, executing its 500th inmate since it resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982. Kimberly McCarthy, who was put to death for the murder of her 71-year-old neighbor, was also the first woman executed in the U.S. in nearly three years. McCarthy, […]
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) â The Mississippi Supreme Court has indefinitely delayed Tuesday evening’s scheduled execution of an inmate convicted of the 1992 slayings of two college students. Willie Jerome Manning had been set to die by injection shortly after 6 p.m. CDT at the state prison in Parchman. The court said the execution should be […]
Roland Martin talks with Senator John Horn about the case of Mississippi death row inmate Willie Manning.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) â Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY’-sihk) has spared a condemned inmate who says he’s too fat to be humanely executed. Kasich followed a recommendation of mercy by the state parole board, which said it didn’t doubt Ronald Post’s guilt but said there were too many problems with how he was represented 30 […]
