A Tennessee inmate on death row says he is on hunger strike over medical care and other issues
A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...
Man on death row for killing Georgia couple declares hunger strike over jail conditions
Howard Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders eight years earlier of newlyweds Adam Chrismer, 17, and Samantha ...
Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...
Texas death row inmate mouths final 2-word message to victims' families before execution
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mothed one final message before being put to death in Texas ...
The New Yorker4d
The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...
Christianity Today4d
The Prisoner Who Planted a Church on Death Row
Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...
The Mercury8d
Inmate found dead in cell at state prison in Skippack
SKIPPACK — An inmate on death row at the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix was found unresponsive in his cell and ...
Texas Public Radio1d
A sisterhood of nuns is quietly emerging on Texas death row
Those housed in the O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, including such names as Melissa Lucio, have had their lives touched by a ...