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- Ohio Death Row Inmates Now Have Shorter Trip to Lethal InjectionDeath row inmates are on the move in Ohio. The cost-saving and safety enhancement decision moves those sitting on death row closer to Lucasville prison where they will take their final walk. A total of 145 inmates with death sentences will be moved.
Will Wolfe Be Release from Prison After Being on Death Row Nearly a Decade?A Federal Judge is considering whether a man whose murder conviction he overtuned should be released from prison while state officials appeal his ruling...
Friday's Stupid Headlines 15Electric chairs and Puppy Chow on a gold plate. What's cookin ma?
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.
Troy Davis, Minorities and the Death PenaltyBlack men are on death row and in prison in percentages that are out of proportion to the number of blacks in the population. This can be traced to welfare and the breakup of the black family rather than to racism.- The Death Penalty Debate Heats Up in CaliforniaThe idea of capital punishment has always been an area of great debate. Already, 16 states and the District of Columbia have abolished its use. Many in California are hoping to make The Golden State No. 17.
Illegal Alien on Death Row Facing July ExecutionIn this country we have a saying; if you do the crime you do the time. This illegal Mexican citizen will be executed in Texas for a killing of a 16 year old that met capital crime standards and will be put to death on July 7, 2011.
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.- Individual State Bias when it Comes to Deciding Who Gets the Death PenaltyThere are 38 states that currently have the death penalty and each state determines who should get the death penalty. These crimes now include "child molestation, accomplices to murder, and the murder of judges and witnesses of a trial."
- The Years of Anguish the Family of Death Row Inmates Face Trying to Prove Wrongful ConvictionCanada abolished capital punishment except for officers of the law, on July 14, 1976 because of the grave possibility of executing an innocent person.
Letters to Death RowThe clock slowly ticks away, and the hours swiftly rush by. You are waiting for your eternal destiny...death. Is there any hope if you are sitting on Death Row?
Life on Death Row in AlabamaA descriptive view of a typical day on Alabama's death row that will surprise many, especially those people who have rarely thought about prison conditions or the death penalty.- A Trip to Death RowA humorous and sometimes scary look at my trip to the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, TX.
Love on Death Row"I knew I would marry Randy from day one. I knew when I found him that he was rare and one of a kind. He is my very best friend, my everything and my greatest love."
The Case of Texas Death Row Inmate Reginald Blanton and the Kangaroo CourtI think the issue that concerns me the most is Reginald, an African American man was tried and sentenced to die by an all white jury. This surely was not a jury of his peers.
Texas Death Row Inmate Taichin Preyor Sends Updates on Hunger Strike"I grow weaker by the day physically, but I grow stronger in spirit with each day. I am slightly dizzy and often times a little disoriented. I don't like this feeling"..
Texas Inmate Taichin Preyor Goes on Lone Hunger Strike in Protest of Living Conditions"I have at this time committed myself to a lone hunger strike as a means to shed light on the dark deeds being implemented daily by the TDCJ administration and supporting staff.
Innocent Man on Death RowThere will be a protest in Georgia and mass mailing to authorities May 19th in order to save an innocent man from execution. Don't let the red tape of Georgia judiciary stand for innocent blood.- Curtis Moore First Death Row Inmate Executed This YearThe first execution in the United States this year was held last night in Texas. Curtis Moore, convicted of triple homicide, was executed after years of being in death row, and after exhausting his appeals on the grounds of mental retardation.
- 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.
Texas Death Row Inmate Jeff Wood's Clemency Plea is DeniedAlthough Texas knows Jeff Wood did not murder anyone, they are going through with the exeuction
Interview with Reginald Blanton, Texas Death Row PrisonerGangbanging and criminalism was the subculture norms, norms that led to my incarceration several times for non-felony crimes.- Freakologic: The Flawed Logic of Freakonomics?A summary of what is wrong with the logic of Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
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.- Injustice in Georgia: May 17th Rally in Atlanta Set in Support of Death Row InmateTroy Davis was convicted in 1991 of murdering a white police officer, based solely on the testimony of witnesses. Almost all of these witnesses have since recanted, and many implicate another witness as the murderer. Troy needs our help.
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.
Interview with Debbie, Advocate and Friend to Prisoners in NeedOur tax dollars can be better spent on true rehabilitation rather then warehousing.
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.- Texas Death Row Inmate, Rob Will, Sends Public Letter of Sorrow About Friend Who Committed Suicide, Jesus FloresWill states that Flores told him "Man, I feel bad about that, you know, about the deputy..."
- DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid: When It's Used to Convict, or Set FreeDNA and other tests were performed, but no-one was charged with this crime until years later. Irvan claims future DNA testing could possibly find him innocent.
- Jesus Flores, Texas Death Row Inmate Found Dead in His CellFlores was 18 years old at the time of the crime, and 19 when he was sentenced to die for his crime
- A Reality Show Idea that Will Solve This Nation's Overabundance of Death Row PrisonersImagine playing Lazer Tag with real ammunition. Now imagine making a reality show out of this idea. Now imagine slimming down America's overpopulated prison through entertainment for the masses? Sounds too good to be true? You must not be from these parts.
- How American Politics Contradicts ItselfThe death penalty.
- Prisoners: The Forgotten Children of GodThis article describes my personal experience during a prison revival.
- 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?
- 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?
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 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.
The Case of Cleve Foster, Another Innocent Man on Texas' Death RowBut because your friends with someone, the deep dark things they do alone should not be judged on you. And this is what happened to Sarge.
The Case of Kenneth Foster, Jr., Texas Death RowIf Foster is executed, will his case bring pro death penalty opponents to the other side?
