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 ...
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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 ...
Alabama death row inmate Demetrius Frazier’s final words revealed as he’s executed for 1991 murder
Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
What to know about the death penalty and death row in Texas
Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...
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 ...
Race was ‘a significant factor’ in Johnston County death penalty case, NC judge rules
In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...
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Double execution: Richard Lee Tabler put to death in Texas 1 hour after Florida execution
This execution marks the second one in the United States on the same day ... regret and said he was at peace with his death. Texas executed Death Row inmate Richard Lee Tabler on Thursday ...
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 ...
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Once filled with rage, Texas death row inmate set to be executed is now 'a gentle human'
he recently hand-raised a baby lizard in his cell on Texas Death Row. "The man I was 20 years ago is not the man I am today," Tabler said in a statement provided to USA TODAY through his wife.