California death row inmates suicide articles
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Lawmakers vote down bill that would allow some Alabama death row inmates to be resentenced
Alabama lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a bill that would provide new sentences for about 30 inmates who were given the death penalty despite a jury’s recommendation of life imprisonment.
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Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve findsBlack incarcerated people have been subjected to prolonged and painful botched executions in the US at more than twice the rate of white death row inmates, a new study has found.While glaring racial disparities have long been visible in US capital punishment, the report from the international human rights group Reprieve finds that the inequities exist even inside the...
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Japanese Court Dismisses Death Row Inmates’ Lawsuit Challenging Short Notice of Executions
A lawsuit challenging Japan’s practice of giving death row inmates just a couple hours notice before execution was dismissed on Monday.