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Florida Supreme Court Keeps James Duckett’s Execution on Hold After Inconclusive DNA Test

The ruling signals judicial caution over inconclusive DNA in a 1987 child murder case.

Texas Death Row Case Upended by Co-Defendant’s Sworn Confession Ahead of April 30 Execution

Mother Pleads for Mercy as Jury Nears Sentencing Decision in Hollywood Officer Killing

Hearing Closes in Tommy Zeigler Case as Judge Weighs New DNA and Blood Evidence

Botched Gas-Chamber Execution of Jimmy Lee Gray Led Mississippi to End New Gas Sentences

Supreme Court Proceeds with Godhra Appeals After Rejecting Three-Judge Bench Plea

Alabama Executes James Osgood After His Request to Waive Appeals

South Carolina Death Row Inmate Chooses Firing Squad for Execution