RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia death row inmate who came within two days of being executed before his sentence was commuted decades ago amid questions about his guilt was granted parole. The Virginia State Parole Board on Monday approved Joseph Giarratano’s release, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported . Giarratano, now 60, was convicted of … Continue reading
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Attorneys for several Virginia inmates want to forbid the state from reinstating more restrictive conditions on death row. The inmates’ lawyers urged a federal appeals court on Wednesday to revive their lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections so that a lower court can decide whether the previous conditions on death … Continue reading
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A man who spent nearly 25 years on Missouri’s death row was executed Tuesday for the kidnapping, rape and fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl who was waiting for a school bus. Roderick Nunley became the sixth inmate put to death in Missouri this year. During the lethal injection, the … Continue reading
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