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DEATH ROW CASE: Former Officer Antoinette Frank Still Awaits Execution Few criminal cases have shocked the American public quite like that of Antoinette Frank. More than three decades after a triple murder that stunned Louisiana and attracted national attention, the former New Orleans police officer remains on death row, occupying a unique and controversial place … Read more

FLORIDA EXECUTION: Michael Tanzi Put to Death Nearly 25 Years After Janet Acosta’s Murder The execution of Michael Wayne Tanzi marked the end of one of Florida’s longest-running and most emotionally devastating capital murder cases. Nearly a quarter century after the kidnapping and murder of Janet Acosta, the State of Florida carried out the death … Read more

TEXAS EXECUTION: Licho Escamilla Put to Death for Killing San Antonio Police Officer The execution of Licho Escamilla marked the final chapter in one of Texas’ most closely watched capital murder cases involving the death of a law enforcement officer. More than a decade after San Antonio Police Officer John “Johnny” Duerler was fatally shot … Read more

DEATH ROW BATTLE: Judge Blocks Alabama Execution After Ruling Nitrogen Gas Method Too Cruel The case of Alabama death row inmate Jeffery Lee has become the latest flashpoint in America’s ongoing debate over capital punishment, execution methods, and the limits of constitutional protections for condemned prisoners. More than twenty-five years after the murders that led … Read more

DEATH ROW CASE ENDS WITHOUT EXECUTION: Joseph Duncan Dies in Federal Prison The death of Joseph Edward Duncan III on federal death row brought an unexpected end to one of the most horrifying criminal cases in modern American history. For nearly two decades, Duncan’s name was associated with a series of violent crimes that shocked … Read more

RARE FEMALE EXECUTION CASE: Lois Nadean Smith Executed for Murder That Shocked Oklahoma The case of Lois Nadean Smith remains one of the most unusual and controversial female death penalty cases in modern American history. Decades after the crime that led to her execution, legal experts, true crime followers, and criminal justice advocates continue to … Read more

LIFE WITH NO WAY OUT: Sarah Boone’s New Reality Behind Bars For years, Sarah Boone insisted that the death of her boyfriend, Jorge Torres Jr., was a tragic accident. She maintained that she never intended for him to die and argued that the events leading to his death had been misunderstood. Yet after one of … Read more

TEEN KILLER EXECUTED: Texas Carries Out Death Sentence in Case That Sparked National Debate The execution of Napoleon Beazley remains one of the most controversial death penalty cases in modern American history. More than two decades after the crime that placed him on death row, legal scholars, criminal justice advocates, victims’ rights supporters, and ordinary … Read more

TEEN KILLER EXECUTED: Texas Carries Out Death Sentence in Case That Sparked National Debate The execution of Napoleon Beazley remains one of the most controversial death penalty cases in modern American history. More than two decades after the crime that placed him on death row, legal scholars, criminal justice advocates, victims’ rights supporters, and ordinary … Read more

How a Journey to New Orleans Helped Shape Abraham Lincoln’s View of Slavery Before Abraham Lincoln became the president who led the United States through the Civil War, he was a young man from the frontier trying to understand the country around him. He had grown up in poverty, worked with his hands, taught himself … Read more