Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Mississippi man’s conviction and death sentence. By a vote of 5-4, the court in ...
The Supreme Court of Florida on Thursday affirmed a lower court’s denial of a successive motion for postconviction relief and a motion for public records filed by death row inmate Tina Lasonya Brown.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Black death row inmate from Mississippi who claims there was racial bias in the makeup of the jury that convicted him. By a 5-4 vote, the ...
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a lower court’s denial of a postconviction relief motion for death row inmate Jermaine Foster, rejecting claims that a key co-defendant’s testimony was ...
The legal process for Florida death row inmates is a long journey involving multiple state and federal court reviews. After state appeals, inmates can petition the U.S. Supreme Court, though very few ...
The state will try again to execute Jeffery Lee — this time, by lethal injection — after courts said doing so using nitrogen gas was “likely unconstitutional.” By Rick Rojas See more of our coverage ...