Many more death row inmates might have been executed after Mr. Gilmore if there had been any real confidence that it saved lives.

He was targeted because his fellow death row inmates felt that his "volunteer status" would negatively affect their efforts to delay their own executions.

Texas judges have appointed lawyers who have missed deadlines, costing the death row inmates they represent the review of their cases.

Experts estimate that about 10 percent of America's death row inmates are mentally retarded.

Unit 29 houses all male death row inmates in MDOC.

In 1986 death row inmates were moved to the Maximum Security Unit.

The contrast between the fast-moving athletes, for whom a split-second counts, and the death row inmates couldn't be more startling.

Four of those whose sentences were commuted were the state's only female death row inmates.

While no one knows how many retarded people are on death row, experts estimate that about 10 percent of the 3,600 death row inmates are retarded.

(One benefit of this protracted process is that 197 state death row inmates have been exonerated.)