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Sonny Burton Is Off Alabama Death Row. His Daughter Tells He…
[ad_1] By Carolyn Amanda Shavers Charles “Sonny” Burton Jr., 75, was scheduled to be executed in Alabama’s Holman Correctional Facility on March 12. But two days before he was to be forced to inhale fatal nitrogen gas, Gov. Kay Ivey — who has presided over 25 executions since she took office in 2017 — commuted […]
David Wood Wants DNA Tests That May Delay Execution — Or Pro…
[ad_1] Two months ago, Marcia Fulton received a knock on her door in El Paso, Texas, from lawyers for David Wood — a name she knows all too well. Wood is facing execution on March 13 for the 1987 murder of Fulton’s teenage daughter, Desiree Wheatley, along with five other girls and young women. “I […]
What Biden Can Still Do on Criminal Justice With 65 Days Lef…
[ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EST 11.16.2024 Judicial appointments and the death penalty are among areas where a lame-duck administration can still leave a mark. U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2024. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) This is The Marshall Project’s […]