Articles tagged with #death penalty

Charles 'Sonny' Burton, a 63-year-old inmate on death row in Alabama, is set to be released from prison after serving nearly three decades for the murder of a police officer. Burton's lawyers had long argued that he was not mentally fit to stand trial and had been denied adequate representation, lea...

Ralph Menzies, a Utah death row inmate, has died of natural causes at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah. Menzies was awaiting a new trial after his original conviction was overturned in 2020 due to concerns over a faulty forensic expert's testimony. Background of the Case Menzies was initially c...