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Assessing Our Own Death Row in LifeWorking as a prison official for 25 years, I have been on death row many times to witness the finality preparing for death. Never once did I realize until today when I grasped we are all sitting on death row and awaiting our certainty since our birth. -
Females on Death RowApproximately fifty females are awaiting execution on death row. Many of them were born in Texas where they now sit incarcerated on death row.
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How Long Does an Inmate Spend on Death Row?The average time for an inmate to be on death row is 10.26 years as listed on the TDCJ website -
Still on Texas Death Row, Despite Confession from Co-DefendantAnother inmate has confessed to the crime of murder, yet an innocent man awaits execution on Texas Death Row -
California's Death RowCalifornia has one of the highest death penalty convictions but one of the lowest actual executions. Death Row life is humbrum at best
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Arizona Death Row Inmates File Another Intervention LawsuitPerhaps now is the time for all states to review their death penalty laws and decide if they are financially capable of sustaining such an event as well as those lengthy litigation reviews tabulated to be costing them a hefty fees. -
Arizona Death Row Inmate Daniel Wayne Cook Appeal RejectedAs the economic crisis continues, the trend of states reexamining the death penalty is expected to continue. The money spent to preserve this failing system could be directed to effective programs that make society safer. -
Death Row Decision: U.S. Supreme Court Vs. International CourtAn International Court ruled that a murderer on death row in Texas should be extradited to his native country that has no death penalty. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his extradition. Good.
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Ohio's Death Row Part OneDoubts about the guilt of some Death row inmates in Ohio is starting to come to light , how many will be put to death to only later when it is too late be proven innocent.
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Texas Death Row Inmate, Greg Wright Gets Execution Date of September 9, 2008Wright's codefendant has admitted that he murdered her, and he also sits on death row, waiting his turn to die. -
Andre Thomas Eats His Remaining Eyeball on Death RowAndre Thomas, who was on death row in Texas for killing his ex-wife and two children, reportedly plucked out his eyeball and ate it in his cell. Thomas plucked out his other eye four years ago, and the now blind inmate is now in a psych ward.
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Interview with Death Row Inmate William "Ghost" Berkley and a Supporter of HisMy trial attorney Francisca Macias told me "there is a note pad, don't look at the jury, sit here and draw and I'll take care of everything". Literally. -
Interview with Christy, Death Penalty Opponent and Advocate for Those on Death RowI met a mother and a father who has their only son on death row. I felt their pain and their disgust with the whole system -
Looking at Romances with Men on Death RowWhy do you suppose so many women seek relationships with men sitting on death row? Are these women attention seekers?
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The Wrongly Condemned: Innocent on Death RowAn assessment of the reliability of our justice system with statistics regarding innocent people on death row, DPICs "Innocence List," some case studies and quotes from people in the industry.
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Ace of Hearts Rescues Dogs on Death RowThey take dogs off death row and find them a new hope.
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Female Death Row InmatesApproximately 48 women are on death row. Over 55% of the cases involve the killing of a family member or members.
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Cheating the Executioner - Texas Death Row PrisonersTexas has the largest population of prisoners on death row than any other death sentence state. It may be assumed that the taxpayers of Texas are in some ways given a break by the short life span expected of these prisoners.
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Interview With A Death Row Inmate: Kenneth FosterKenneth Foster Jr. 999232, An inmate on Texas Death Row was sentenced under the Law of Parties. Here is his interview with The Abolishment Movement. He speaks about his life, his conviction, and his views on politics. -
When Death Row Inmates Request to DieThe Kentucky Supreme Court to hear arguments on wether a death row inmate has the right to ask to be executed. -
Journey to Death RowHow could a handsome, loving, well-mannered kid end up on Florida's death row? What went wrong? Who was to blame?
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Interview with Chris, Who Supports a Death Row Inmate"Just try to imagine yourself in his position! How would you feel if you had been deprived of your freedom, even worse, stripped off your basic rights as a human being?" -
Interview with Sandie, Death Row AdvocateSandie, is a prison rights advocate who will soon marry the man she fell in love with Chucky Mamou, by proxy. -
Death Row Inmate Wishes to Be 'Dead Man Laughing'Patrick B. Knight, a death row inmate in the Polunsky Unit in Hunstville Texas has an execution date of June 26. He has a strange request, however. He is asking that people send him jokes. Instead of being "Dead Man Walking," he wants to be known as "Dead Man Laughing." -
From His Death Row Cell in Texas, My Interview with Tony E. Ford"I proposed long ago to end tax dollars for the Death Penalty. Just as anti war people are proposing now. I proposed this as a ballot initiative" -
Interview with Jennifer Garza, Wife of Texas Death Row Inmate Robert GarzaI started to cry and scream when they said he was guilty, me as a young mother of a 4 month old son at the time, I felt like my world was going to end and I had nothing else to live for. -
Capital Punishment in the News as Troy Davis, Richard "Ric Ric" Henyard Have Their Dates with DeathThe Death Penalty Information Center asserts that since 1973 there have been 130 people who have been released from death row because new evidence exonerated them from the crimes they were convicted of committing. Is death and not justice truly the great equalizer? -
Scott Panetti, Mentaly Ill on Texas Death Row: The Case the Supreme Court Will Review on April 18, 2007The review of this landmark case could determine where they draw the line about mentally ill and the death sentence. -
Life on Death Row: An Inmate's PerspectiveWhat they say about history repeating itself is true. A couple years ago I sat in this very same cage, at this very same steel bunk, typing on this very same typewriter and wrote about this world I've been in since 1996. -
The Case of Kenneth Foster, Jr., Texas Death RowIf Foster is executed, will his case bring pro death penalty opponents to the other side? -
Texas Death Row Inmate Charles D. Flores Writes "Warrior Within""I've yet to see a rich man die in the death chamber in Huntsville." -
The Economic Cost of the Death PenaltyAlthough the merits of of the death penalty are the subject of much debate, it is easy to see that the cost of the death penalty is much greater than life imprisonment.
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Arizona Supreme Court Approves Death Warrants for TwoAs the only U.S. drug maker [Hospira] of the death penalty shuts down its manufacturing plant, the state corrections officials are forced to buy the drug overseas from Great Britian where their drugs are still not approved by the FDA.
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The Death Penalty in AmericaOn January 1, 2008 there were 3,309 inmates on death row in the United States (Death Penalty Information Center). This staggering number causes some people to feel that a change needs to be made to the legal system for capital punishment.
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Texas Death Row Inmate Begins Early Hunger StrikeStraight from Death Row in Texas, Daryl Wheatfall's own words. -
The Death Penalty for Premeditated Murder, Murder OneIn the state of NC if convicted of murder one or first degree murder, (premeditated murder,) one of the sentences is the death penalty. There are many different views on the death penalty. At times the jury has to choose the sentence. -
Should Three Pensacola Females Accused of Setting a Woman on Fire Be Put to Death?Three females pulled a young woman from a trailer, beat and then set her on fire. The crime resulted in the death of the young woman. Before she died, she named her attackers.
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Is the Death Penalty Cruel and Unusual?This article examines the various court decisions and reasoning given in those decisions to uphold the death penalty. -
Doctor's Oath Kills Death Penalty in North CarolinaTo resolve problems of cruelty with the death penalty the NC State Legislature required a doctor to monitor the prisoner. The State Medical Board determined that a doctor cannot participate in the execution due to their oath. -
The Death Penalty is Never JustifiableThe death penalty actually increases criminal activity and does not serve as a deterrant.
