A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower court judge erred when he … Read more
Kim Kardashian’s visit with death row inmate Julius Jones brings renewed hope to his family and supporters… after Oklahoma AG calls her out By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 01:59 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 29 November 2020 Kim Kardashian is preparing to add lawyer to her already diverse résumé, as she completes … Read more
£1bn bill to keep serious criminals in jail for longer: Officials admit plan for tougher sentencing for worst offenders will cost £385,000 per inmate An extra £1billion will be spent to keep serious criminals in prison for longer Sexual and violent offenders will serve at least two thirds rather than half a term Justice Secretary … Read more
Prison diversity officer, 51, ‘had inappropriate relationship with inmate and failed to report he had mobile phone behind bars’ Former HMP Wormwood Scrubs officer Pamela Belonwu, 51, is set to go on trial She is accused of having ‘inappropriate’ relationship with inmate Clifton Thomas Alleged relationship said to have taken place between January and March 2019 … Read more
Child killer, 67, is the NINTH death row inmate to die from COVID-19 at San Quentin prison making a total of 13 prisoners at the facility dying from the virus The 67-year-old was pronounced dead at an outside hospital on Tuesday In 1994, John Beames was convicted of the torture and beating death of the 15-month-old … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of a Texas death row inmate one hour before he was scheduled to die Tuesday. Ruben Gutierrez, 43, had been set to die at 6 p.m. CDT at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1998 murder of an elderly mobile-home park owner during a robbery. But he … Read more
A Missouri inmate on Tuesday became the first person to be executed since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Walter Barton, 64, died by lethal injection for killing Gladys Kuehler, 81, in 1991. A jury recently said that ‘compelling’ new evidence made them feel ‘uncomfortable’ about the conviction and he had long maintained his innocence. His case … Read more
SOCIETY A BIT OF A STRETCH: THE DIARIES OF A PRISONER by Chris Atkins (Atlantic Books £16.99, 336pp) Documentary maker Chris Atkins is in a rundown cell with a psychotic prisoner discussing the intricacies of quantum mechanics. He has more prison access than any journalist could dream of, but there’s just one catch: he is … Read more