Sentences with phrase «years on death»

It's about a man you serves 20 years on death row and is them released on the basis on new DNA evidence.

«It would have been a travesty of justice if Jack had been executed after 33 years on death row in circumstances where there is real doubt as to the original verdict,» he adds.

His work in the equal justice arena has included representing death row inmate Bo Cochran, who spent 15 years on death row before being acquitted in 1996 and with his membership and action on the Ethics Resource Center, the Council of the American Law Institute and as a member and immediate past chair of the NLADA Corporate Advisory Committee.

John Thompson survived 14 years on death row, serving a sentence for a crime he had nothing to do with.

Convicted murderer William A Noguera has spent 30 years on death row in the United States — and become a painter

He spent 30 years on death row before being released in 2015.

• Damien Echols, one of the «West Memphis Three» who served 18 years on death row (for murders he did not commit), will speak about his memoir, Life After Death, on Sunday at 1 P.M. in War Memorial Auditorium.

Despite his airtight alibi, McMillian was convicted and spent six years on death row before being exonerated.

Willingham ultimately spends 12 years on death row.

Not exact matches

About 100 years after Dickinson's death, scientists began to formally study the power that a smile confers on the closing of a deal.

Information received by the U.N. also showed that militants publicly shot to death 27 civilians in Muhandiseen Park in northern Mosul on Nov. 25, and on Nov. 22 an Islamic State sniper killed a seven - year - old running towards the Iraqi Security Forces in Adan neighborhood in eastern Mosul.

National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt said the death was the first on a US passenger airline in over nine years.

The data results of a Social Security number verification can contain the state of and approximate year of the number; status as an invalid, nonissued, or misused number; status on whether the number has been used to file a death claim; address (es) of the user; employer (s) of the user; the year of birth or age of the user.

There's really no other way United could respond to the terrible mishaps and horrible press it went through earlier this year, starting with the death of Kikito the French bulldog, and culminating with the revelation of the fact that almost half of all pets that die on planes, die on United.

«Last night's death of the health bill is an unmitigated disaster for Trump, who said last year that it would be easy to replace Obamacare with «something terrific,»» Valliere wrote in a note to clients on Tuesday.

The week began with the death of Alton Sterling, a 37 - year - old black man who was shot multiple times by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as he lay on the ground outside a convenience store.

«Good news — it was just reported that there were zero deaths in 2017, the best and safest year on record.»

A 20 - year - old man was shot to death on the street on the West Side on Aug. 6, according to the Chicago Sun - Times.

Fifty - one % said they found news stories about the deaths of people at the hands of police officers, or news about ambush attacks on police in three states, to be among the year's most important news events.

O'Riordan's publicist announced on Monday morning that the 46 - year - old singer had died in London, though the cause of her death has yet to be made public.

Over the past few years, smartphones and tablets have arisen to become mobile gaming powerhouses, leading observers to speculate on whether the death of portable systems such as the Vita is nigh.

Safety experts point to the numbers: U.S. pedestrian deaths have been on the rise, with 5,376 in 2015 and nearly 6,000 last year, the most in two decades and up 22 percent from 2014, according to data compiled by the Governors Highway Safety Association for a recent report.

A major report on the threat, commissioned by the British government, recently estimated that annual deaths resulting from antimicrobial - resistant infections could rise to 10 million a year in 2050, from the current 700,000.

In fact, there are nearly 7,000 deaths per day on average in January, and between approximately 6,500 and 6,750 deaths per day in December and February, making them the deadliest months of the year.

Other than making vague promises to place more police officers on the streets, encouraging DNA testing for death - row inmates and calling for the need to reduce recidivism by investing in «proven community - based law - enforcement programs,» the Democrats» policy solutions over the past eight years have done little to dismantle the carceral state that they helped create.

The life of Andre Roussimoff is a myth built from years traveling the globe on the wrestling circuit (and has only increased since his death in 1993), and Simmons enlisted director Jason Hehir to uncover the truth about the legendary figure.

On 14 December 2012, a troubled 20 - year - old in Newtown, Connecticut, killed his mother and then drove to the local elementary school, where he shot 20 first - graders and six educators to death with a military - style rifle before killing himself.

Howard described it as a «near - death experience» and went on to lead for a further nine years.

The airline was also responsible for 18 out of 24 pet deaths last year on U.S. - based carriers.

After his death, Wallace's longtime editor cobbled together the pages he'd been working on before he died and published them last year as the novel the Pale King.

Bushnell hadn't been attracting much attention in recent years until Walter Isaacson's bestselling biography on Jobs came out in 2011, just after Jobs» death.

When a couple came on to talk about their 16 - year - old daughter, who had been murdered by her boyfriend, they told the host that they wanted the audience to know their daughter's life was bigger than her tragic death.

A new documentary on HBO pays tribute to Princess Diana's legacy as a parent and a humanitarian 20 years after her death.

We're now on track to see more than 35,000 traffic deaths for the year, which would make it the deadliest since 2008.

WASHINGTON, March 20 - A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.

Both the public and Disney employees have been on increased alert regarding alligators since the death of 2 - year - old Lane Graves, who was snatched by an alligator last month while playing in a lake at a Disney resort.

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters)- A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday will ask automakers and regulators why tens of millions of vehicles with faulty Takata air bag inflators remain on the road years after deaths prompted the largest auto safety recall in history.

(Reuters)- Texas put to death a Mexican national on Wednesday for the kidnap, rape and murder of his cousin, and Florida on the same day put to death a 53 - year - old man for a 1991 double - murder, officials said.

Frazier's decision to step down from the council came after President Trump failed to immediately condemn head - on the white supremacists whose rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend led to violence — including the brutal death of a 32 - year - old counter-protester.

For over five years, until his death, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs sat on Disney's board.

Ahead of the November release of her first English - language album in six years, Dion was the subject of not one, but two death hoaxes on Facebook, and was in the process of selling her $ 72.5 - million Florida mansion and $ 30 - million Montreal manor to build a new residence in Las Vegas where she's reportedly signed a contract to perform at Caesars through 2019.

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's hearing featured a string of critics who rebuked Bresch for raising the price of a product with life - or - death implications, especially one that needs to be replaced almost every year and in a therapeutic space where Mylan has more than 90 % market share.

President Barack Obama nominated Garland to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court last year after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but McConnell declined even to hold a hearing.

With 1,500 cervical cancer diagnoses and 380 deaths from the disease each year in Canada alone, there's no doubt easier screening could have a huge impact on women's health care.

One detail of his years working in the death chamber stuck in his mind: the cause of mortality given on the inmates» death certificates was always the same: «homicide».

Hakim Kevin Abdullah was responsible for the death of 32 - year - old Karen Delores Brown, who was found dead near the Liberty Dam on October 5, 1994, deputy state's attorney John Cox said Monday.

This «alarming uptick» comes on the heels of last year's 7.2 percent spike in traffic deaths, which was the largest since 1966.

Mike Layton gives details about the event that is planned on August 22 to mark the one - year anniversary of his father Jack's death.

Inmate deaths may top 550 this year if the current trend continues, putting 2018 up 29 percent from last year, the deadliest year on record in Florida prisons.

A version of this article appears in print on September 17, 2013, on Page A13 of the New York edition with the headline: Antibiotic - Resistant Infections Lead to 23,000 Deaths a Year, C.D.C. Finds.