The term is legal, not clinical: Neither death row syndrome nor death row phenomenon is recognized by the American Psychiatric Association (or represented in its handbook, the Diagnostic and ...

It is not a short wait on death row, either. Since 1984, the time between an individual’s sentencing and their execution has almost tripled—from an average of six years to 15-plus years. In ...

California’s death row is at San Quentin prison, on a spit of land jutting into the San Francisco Bay. It’s seen here on a vintage postcard from Patt Morrison’s collection.

Four execution dates have come and gone and the fate of serial killer Michael Ross now hinges on a relatively untested and volatile legal theory known as "death row syndrome." A door opened to a ...

Shamed Onto Death Row. Sexism was used to convict Brenda Andrew. ... Andrew and her lawyers have argued since 2007 that her case is an example of that exact phenomenon—and on January 21, ...

The report found that throughout the modern era, people of color have been overrepresented on death row — in 2019, 52% of the death row inmates were Black, but that number has dropped to 42% ...

If John Barry Hubbard and Gary Wade Rowland were sent to death row, however, it wouldn't be the first time in Alabama - or the nation - close relatives ended their lives among the condemned.

A set of blood-stained trousers found in a tank of miso in 1967 sealed a young Iwao Hakamada’s destiny as the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. But on Thursday, former professional ...

Death Row didn’t end in 1996; ... “This really, really scary outfit applied itself to this pop culture phenomenon, Christmas music, which is incredible,” Charnas said.