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States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year, the fewest since 1988, as support for the death penalty has continued to decline.
States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year, the fewest since 1988, as support for the death penalty has continued to decline.
Man Who Sat on Death Row Is Cleared After Bite-Mark Evidence Is Doubted
Eddie Lee Howard of Mississippi spent more than two decades in prison, but the evidence used to convict him in a 1992 killing is no longer considered reliable.
Eddie Lee Howard is free after spending more than a quarter of a century behind bars, much of it on Mississippi’s death row.Credit.The Mississippi Innocence Project
Jan. 14, 2021
After years of fighting a murder conviction that had relied heavily on dubious evidence, a Mississippi man who spent more than quarter of a century behind bars won dismissal of his case last week.