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‘It gives me hope’: Catholic advocates work to abolish death penalty at federal level
When it comes to abolishing the death penalty in the U.S., a small but determined band of activists and policymakers are ...
As another U.S. state closes its execution chamber, Trump muses about expanding use of death penalty
Washington state is closing its death chamber this week, but South Carolina is scheduled to carry out its first execution ...
SC Governor seeks to weigh in as lawyers turn to federal court to halt execution
Lawyers for the first South Carolina inmate set to be executed in a 13 years ask federal court to halt execution over ...
Buddhist death row inmate backed by Oprah vows to fight on after losing bid to overturn conviction
The #FreeJarvis campaign alleges issues with the underlying conviction against the inmate, including witnesses who have ...
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Tops shooter’s death penalty trial set for next September
An update in the federal trial for the man who killed 10 people and wounded three others in a mass shooting at a Tops grocery ...
California death row inmate who received Oprah support loses effort to overturn conviction
Jarvis Jay Masters, who gained national attention after Oprah Winfrey selected his autobiography for her influential book ...
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Major update in conviction of death row inmate backed by Oprah Winfrey
A death row inmate who has been backed by Oprah Winfrey has had his latest claims of innocence thrown out in federal court. Jarvis Jay Masters, 62, has spent more than 30 years in prison in ...
Federal employee falsely accused of smuggling contraband to death row inmate Ricky Dubose receives $750K settlement
The lawsuit says a corrections employee "drew up false charges" that led a woman to lose her job on correction officer killer Ricky Dubose's defense team.
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Buddhist death row inmate backed by Oprah vows to fight on after losing bid to overturn conviction
plans to continue fighting after a federal court rejected his appeals earlier this month. Masters, 62, is on death row for the 1985 murder of San Quentin State Prison corrections officer Sgt.
Live updates: Mother of SC death row inmate Freddie Owens pleads for son's life as appeals fail
Greenville SC's Freddie Eugene Owens is set to be executed by lethal injection tonight. He was sentenced to be executed for ...