FILE - Joseph Amrine, who was exonerated two decades ago after spending years on death row, speaks at a rally to support Missouri death row inmates Marcellus Williams on Aug. 21, 2024, in Clayton, Mo. (AP Photo/Jim Salter, file)
FILE - This photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Marcellus Williams. (Missouri Department of Corrections via AP, file)
FILE - This booking photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Emmanuel Littlejohn, Feb. 8, 2023. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP, File)
FILE- Alabama's lethal injection chamber is shown Oct. 7, 2002, at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
This undated photo provided by Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Texas death row inmate Travis Mullis. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP)
FILE - Augustina Sanders hugs Kim Ludwig, a paralegal in the Federal Public Defender's Office in Oklahoma City, after the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 to recommend clemency for Sanders' brother, Emmanuel Littlejohn, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Sean Murphy, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2013 file photo, a small group of death penalty opponents stand outside St. Francis Xavier Church during a vigil in protest of the scheduled execution of Missouri death row inmate Joseph Paul Franklin in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)