Federal Appeal to Death Row Conviction In July of 2018, a federal appeals court in Texas declined to slow down the execution of a prisoner who was convicted of killing a convenience store owner in 2004. Legal counsel for the defendant argued that his death row sentence should be halted because the man’s parole board… Read More
The Arkansas Supreme Court justices recently appealed a ruling that allows a judge to move forward with a lawsuit challenging the judge’s disqualification from execution cases after his participation in an anti-death penalty demonstration. The justice was disqualified last year after he was photographed lying down on a cot outside the governor’s mansion during an… Read More