Since 1976, more than a hundred and thirty people on death row have been exonerated.

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In one decision, the court allowed death row inmates to file last-minute challenges to lethal injection.

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Duncan was convicted of capital murder, and has spent the last 10 years on death row.

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Currently, 369 convicts are on death row, and a further 471 have appealed against their sentences.

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Dahlia, what exactly do these death row inmates say is the matter with the lethal injection process?

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During his first years on death row, Willingham had pleaded with his lawyer, David Martin, to rescue him.

NEWYORKER: Trial by Fire

Many of those on death row suffer from serious mental illness, and some of these are on medication.

ECONOMIST: Forcible medication

Even the San Quentin prison, built during the gold rush and housing the state's death row, may go.

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Kevin Spacey stars as a philosophy professor and anti-death-penalty advocate who winds up on death row in Texas.

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