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Los Angeles Times on MSN · 1d

Life after California's death row: What happens when condemned inmates get a second chance

Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they got a bittersweet new lease on life.

Newser on MSN · 11h

State's Longest Death-Row Inmate Gets an Execution Date

Mississippi's Supreme Court has set June 25 as the execution date for Richard Gerald Jordan, the state's longest-serving death row inmate, condemned for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter in Harrison County.

Sun Herald (TCA) on MSN · 1d

Execution date set for Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate

Richard Jordan has been on death row in Mississippi since 1977 for the 1976 kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter, the wife of a Gulfport bank executive.

Remembered for corruption conviction, halting death penalty

Former Gov. George Ryan dead at 91; remembered for corruption conviction, halting death penalty

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and 12 years after his release from federal prison. He died just one day after being put into hospice care in his native Kankakee.

WTTW News · 5h

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, Who Ended Death Penalty and Was Imprisoned for Corruption, Dies at 91

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state’s death row, has died. He was 91.

The Washington Post on MSN · 3h

George Ryan, Illinois governor who halted executions, dies at 91

A Republican and former pharmacist, he cleared the state’s death row and imposed a moratorium on capital punishment. He was later imprisoned for corruption.

6h

From hero of the anti-death penalty movement to convicted felon. Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dead at 91

George Ryan, who served as Illinois secretary of state, House speaker, lieutenant governor and ultimately governor, is best ...

1don MSN

Mississippi sets an execution date for a man who's been on death row since 1976

Mississippi's longest-serving death row inmate is set to be executed on June 25, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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After Biden commuted federal death row sentences, DAs are weighing state charges

A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

1don MSN

Execution date set for man on Mississippi death row for nearly 50 years

Richard Gerald Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row since 1977. The state has set an execution date of June 25, saying ...

4don MSN

Louisiana death row conviction overturned as man’s lawyers cite faulty forensic analysis

A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge.

3don MSN

Idaho judge slams Bryan Kohberger's 'hollow' attempt to dodge death penalty in latest blow to defense

Judge Steven Hippler denied a motion on Tuesday from Bryan Kohberger's defense team that asked to remove the death penalty as ...

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Defenders of Brittany Holberg must respond to court on reopening of case

The defenders of death row inmate Brittany Holberg have until May 12 to respond to a federal appeals court considering ...

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