Decades of life stolen from men facing death
Special Report follows Anthony Ray Hinton and others exonerated after death row decades. Hinton, 29 at his conviction, won a new hearing amid flawed ballistics evidence and a Supreme Court review, leading to his release. The piece outlines racial, geographic, and systemic flaws in capital punishment and cites other exonerations and wrongful executions.
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Anthony Ray Hinton
Hinton
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Ala
Equal Justice Initiative
Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor
Journey from execution sentence to exoneration
Several condemned men recently exonerated from death row highlight issues in Justice Breyer's dissent after a Supreme Court ruling upholding lethal injection. Henry McCollum spent 30 years jailed before DNA led to exoneration and compensation. Ricky Jackson faced 39 years before release. Glenn Ford died after nearly 30 years on death row. The debates over execution protocols continue in states like Tennessee Oklahoma Florida Alabama and California amid broader moves to repeal or halt capital punishment.
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Supreme Court
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Stephen Breyer
Breyer
Texas
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Henry Lee McCollum
North Carolina
Ken Rose
Center For Death Penalty Litigation
Durham
Ricky Jackson
Ohio
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Brian Howe
Ohio Innocence Project
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Caddo Parish
Shreveport
A.M
Marty” Stroud
Stroud
Times of Shreveport
Ford
Davidson County Chancery Court
Tennessee
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High Court
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Justin Sneed
Glossip
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Dunham
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Nebraska
Sean Lynn
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Stephen Bright
Foster
Southern Center For Human Rights
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