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Longtime death row inmate shouldn't be executed because he has dementia, lawyers argue
Attorneys for Ralph Leroy Menzies, who's been on death row for 37 years, sought to convince a Utah state judge that the ...
Death row inmate suffered 'botched' execution after choosing method only used five times in 50 years
An autopsy report has revealed that Mikal Mahdi's execution on 11 April, 2025 via firing squad has revealed the 42-year-old's ...
Indiana death row inmate asks US Supreme Court to halt execution
Benjamin Ritchie was "sentenced to death based on inaccurate information," his legal team wrote in a May 7 petition for writ of certiorari.
Firing squad ‘botched’ death row execution as inmate suffers ‘excruciating’ death bleeding out strapped to chair
A SOUTH Carolina firing squad has been accused by experts of botching the execution of a convicted cop killer, leaving him in ...
Entire US firing squad 'botches' execution leaving death row inmate to die slowly
An autopsy has revealed that South Carolina death row inmate Mikal Mahdi 'suffered' longer than the 10-15 second window he ...
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Tennessee death row inmates want firing squad over lethal injection ahead of state’s first execution in years
Tennessee's main method of execution is lethal injection, but some death row inmates argue the firing squad may be more ...
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Indiana death row inmate seeks SCOTUS intervention weeks before scheduled execution
Lawyers for convicted murderer Benjamin Ritchie want to delay the May 20 execution so they can present new evidence.