Category: Death row inmates

California Death Row Murderers Closer to Parole Eligibility After New Bill Advances

July 3, 2023
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Facing staunch opposition from family members of victims, law enforcement groups, and Republican lawmakers, a bill that would allow for resentencing of inmates convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee June 27 on a partisan vote. Introduced with the intention of allowing a path for release for elderly…

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California Bill Considering Release for Murderers Sentenced to Death Advances

April 20, 2023
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California legislators will continue to consider a bill that allows for the potential release of former death-row inmates convicted of murder, after it passed its first hurdle in the Senate Public Safety Committee April 11 on a 4–1 vote. Authored by state Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), and co-authored by a list of Democratic senators,…

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Execution Dates Scheduled for 6 Oklahoma Death Row Inmates

July 1, 2022
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OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday set execution dates for six death row inmates, just hours before an attorney filed a motion for a rehearing in one case. Execution dates for James Coddington, Richard Glossip, Benjamin Cole, Richard Fairchild, John Hanson, and Scott Eizember were scheduled, starting Aug. 25 with Coddington and…

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10 Death Row Inmates in Oklahoma Could Get New Trials

February 27, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY—As many as 10 death row inmates in Oklahoma, more than one-fifth of the state’s prisoners condemned to die, could escape execution because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country. The inmates have challenged their convictions in state court following the high court’s ruling last year, dubbed the…

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