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Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county (as of January 15, 2025) An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them ...
Last execution date Name Crime Method C United States Federal Government: 16 January 2021 [68] Dustin John Higgs: aggravated murder: lethal injection: C United States military: 13 April 1961: John A. Bennett: child rape and attempted murder: hanging: D Alabama: 21 November 2024 [69] Carey Dale Grayson: capital murder: Nitrogen hypoxia: A Alaska ...
Once the state has set an execution date death-row inmates may litigate their competency to be executed in habeas corpus proceedings. Hall v. Florida, 572 U.S. 701 (2014) – IQ tests alone can not be used as a rigid limit for determining intellectual disability. Moore v. Texas, No. 15-797, 581 U.S. ___ (2017) Dunn v. Madison, No. 17-193, 583 U ...
The justices concluded that the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals needs to clarify its ruling that Joseph Clifton Smith's death sentence for a 1997 murder must be set aside in light ...
Not only does this action effectively fulfill his 2020 promise to end the death penalty at the federal level, it should also serve as a model and an incentive for state leaders to follow suit..
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights opened its investigation into Michigan's education department in June 2022. ... Michigan students with disabilities deprived of services ...
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 7, 2026 Quisi Bryan: 55 29 26 Male Black Ohio: Lethal injection: Profile: 2 February 11, 2026 Antonio Sanchez Franklin: 47 18 29 Profile: 3 March 12, 2026 James Earl Trimble: 65 44 21 White Profile: 4 June 17, 2026
Disability rights advocates Patrisha Wright of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), and Evan Kemp Jr. (of the Disability Rights Center) led an intense lobbying and grassroots campaign that generated more than 40,000 cards and letters. After three years, the Reagan Administration abandoned its attempts to revoke or amend the ...