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Death row is a special section of a prison that houses inmates who are awaiting execution after being sentenced to death for the conviction of capital crimes. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution (“been on death row”), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.
New evidence has suggested Cameron Todd Willingham, pictured, who was executed in Texas in 2004 for killing his teens, may have been wrongfully convicted.
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Texas death row inmate Ray Jasper is scheduled to be put to death on March 19. He has written us a letter that, he acknowledges, “could be my final statement on earth.” It …
Texas is seeking to speed up executions with a renewed request to “opt in” to a federal law that would shorten the legal process and limit …
Carlos DeLuna Texas Conviction: 1983, Executed: 1989 A Chicago Tribune investigation released in 2006 revealed groundbreaking evidence that Texas may have executed an innocent man in 1989.
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