Ohio High Court Weighs Death-Row Inmate’s Bid for DNA Tests

Ohio death-row inmate Tyrone Noling believes DNA testing of evidence found at the scene of a 1990 double homicide could be his chance to clear his name and avoid execution ... s high court “should ... Read More

Alabama just added its 166th person to Death Row. The appeals process could take decades

Alabama made headlines earlier this year after using nitrogen hypoxia to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith in January. Read More

Missouri death row inmate nears execution with appeals before Supreme Court

Two appeals are still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court ... Missouri put to death this year after four executions in 2023. Another man, David Hosier, is scheduled for execution June 11 ... Read More

Strictly Legal | Ohio Supreme Court brings down curtain on COVID death data

T he Ohio Supreme Court recently decided a case that puts valuable public health data regarding Covid related deaths collected by the Ohio Department of Health out of the public’s reach. Read More

Death row inmate asks to be executed as he gives up appeal so victims’ families have ‘justice’

A death row ... to an NBC News exclusive. The Alabama Supreme Court has already denied an application to appeal his sentence and has upheld Dearman's convictions. The death row man, 36, killed ... Read More

U.S. Supreme Court will decide if states can ban ER abortions. What does it mean for Ohio?

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency treatment overrides states' abortion restrictions. Read More

Missouri death row inmate’s attorneys ask supreme court to block execution

Petition argues that Brian Dorsey is fully rehabilitated and that execution would violate eighth amendment Attorneys for a Missouri death row inmate ... appeal to the US supreme court, Dorsey’s ... Read More

Missouri death row inmate faces execution today despite pleas from prison guards

The Missouri inmate’s attorneys condemned ... Dorsey was sentenced to death for the 23 December 2006 killing, a punishment affirmed in appeals to courts at the state, federal, and US Supreme ... Read More

Missouri death row inmate nears execution with appeals before Supreme Court

The fate of a Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago appears to rest with the U.S. Supreme Court, with just hours to go before the scheduled execution. Read More