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Letters From Death Row: Harry Mitts, Ohio Inmate 305-433
Hamilton Nolan · 06/29/12 02:45PMLetters From Death Row: Brett Hartmann on Justice
Hamilton Nolan · 06/19/12 09:04AMAbdul Awkal, Gawker Death Row Correspondent, Ruled Mentally Unfit for Execution
Hamilton Nolan · 06/15/12 02:26PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/17pvkmq7wd1xejpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Last week, we brought you a letter from Ohio Death Row inmate Abdul Awkal. He was scheduled to die earlier this month for the 1992 murders of his wife and brother-in-law. That execution date was postponed two weeks in order to mentally evaluate Awkal. Today, a judge ruled that he is not mentally competent to be executed.
Letters From Death Row: Abdul Awkal, Who Was Supposed to Die Last Week
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/12 12:50PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/17pgjkqz06vg1jpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
Earlier this year, I wrote to every American death row inmate scheduled for execution in the near future. I asked them about their personal history, their lives in prison, and their thoughts on America and its justice system. Today we hear from Abdul Awkal—a man who was scheduled to be executed by the state of Ohio last week, before receiving a last-minute reprieve.
Letters From Death Row: Brett Hartmann, Ohio Inmate 357-869
Hamilton Nolan · 05/25/12 12:04PMTwitter Saves Man From the Death Row Needle
Lauri Apple · 12/10/11 03:10PMTexas Might Execute an Innocent Man This Week
Lauri Apple · 11/07/11 04:59AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18k1fmg5e8btnjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
On Wednesday, Texas is scheduled to execute Hank Skinner for the murders of three people. For years, his lawyers have sought DNA testing of unanalyzed evidence, the results of which could prove his innocence—but the courts have rejected their requests every time. The "ultimate justice" machine stops for no one!
Florida Pol Wants to Bring Back Firing Squads
Lauri Apple · 10/13/11 04:58AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18k1hvw5atkuopng/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.png)
Republican Florida state Rep. Brad Drake entered a Waffle House and emerged a man with ideas. Bold ideas, about breakfast. But also some ideas on how to kill Florida's death row inmates with firing squads. Regular Florida folks might be tapped to help shoot some of these condemned critters, because government employees shouldn't have all the fun.
Texas Ends Special Last Meals for Death Row Inmates
Jim Newell · 09/22/11 04:40PM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18k1k1ny3io5mjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
It's just not good enough to kill them, in Texas. Because following last night's execution of Lawrence Brewer, a white supremacist who killed a black man by dragging his body from the back of his pick-up truck and eventually severed his head, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice has decided to stop granting special "last meals" to those being executed. Brewer's meal, see, was over-the-top!
Maybe Georgia Will Execute an Innocent Man
Lauri Apple · 09/10/11 03:29PMSupreme Court: No One Should Pay for Innocent Man's 18-Year Incarceration
Hamilton Nolan · 03/30/11 09:07AM![](http://d20hvt89h2l7r8.cloudfront.net/18k207i6ao6lfjpg/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800.jpg)
John Thompson (pictured) was convicted of a 1984 armed robbery, and later of murder. He spent 18 years in prison, including 14 years on death row. Problem: the prosecutors who sent him to jail withheld some evidence—including eyewitness reports describing a perpetrator who looked nothing like Thompson, and a blood test that proved Thompson's innocence.