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Death of Caylee Anthony. Caylee Marie Anthony (August 9, 2005 – June 2008) was an American toddler who lived in Orlando, Florida, with her mother, Casey Marie Anthony (born March 19, 1986), [ 4] and her maternal grandparents, George and Cindy Anthony. On July 15, 2008, Caylee was reported missing in a 9-1-1 call made by Cindy, who said she ...
McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case, in which the death sentence of Warren McCleskey for armed robbery and murder was upheld. The Court said the "racially disproportionate impact" in the Georgia death penalty indicated by a comprehensive scientific study was not enough to mitigate a death penalty determination without showing a "racially discriminatory ...
Franklin Delano Floyd (June 17, 1943 – January 23, 2023) [2] was an American murderer, rapist, and death row inmate. He was convicted of the 1989 murder of Cheryl Ann Commesso, as well as the kidnapping of 6-year-old Michael Anthony Hughes, [3] who he claimed was his son, from his elementary school in Choctaw, Oklahoma.
Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for a crime in which the victim did not die and the victim's death was not intended.
Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court invalidated all then existing legal constructions for the death penalty in the United States. It was a 5–4 decision, with each member of the majority writing a separate opinion. [ 1]: 467–68 Following Furman, in order to reinstate ...
The state listed is that in which the conviction occurred, the year is that of release and the case is that which overturned the conviction. This list does not include: Posthumous pardons for individuals executed before 1950. Inmates who were given life sentences when their country, province or state abolished the death penalty.
Anthony Avalos (May 4, 2008 – June 21, 2018) was a ten-year-old American boy who was tortured and killed after being beaten and suffering internal bleeding. When his body was discovered, it showed signs of physical abuse and malnutrition. His mother, Heather Barron, and her boyfriend, Kareem Leiva, were charged with first-degree murder with ...
Since Kansas reinstated the death penalty in 1994, there have been more 3,500 criminal homicides in the state, but no executions. Two men on death row have already died of natural causes before ...