Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...

Federal appellate judges are reconsidering what will happen next for Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma's death row. They met at a federal courthouse in downtown Oklahoma City on Wednesday ...

COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced reprieves for three death row inmates on Friday, June 20, 2025, at 5:43 p.m. EDT, citing ongoing challenges with pharmaceutical suppliers providing ...

In this March 12, 2018, file photo, Willie Cory Godbolt listens during his arraignment in Brookhaven, Miss. Jurors will be allowed to hear what a Mississippi man told a reporter on video as he was ...

The Florida Supreme Court today affirmed the two judgments of conviction and death sentences for Steven J. Lorenzo, nearly two decades after he drugged, sexually assaulted, and murdered Jason ...

Hood is a spiritual adviser who accompanies death row inmates to their executions, praying for them and sharing last words with them as a culmination of a months-, sometimes years-long relationship.

LINCOLN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The Lincoln County man on death row, who was convicted of in the 2017 killings of eight people, will appear in court for a hearing on Monday, June 23. The Daily… ...

The state of Texas is pushing to set a new execution date for death row inmate, Robert Roberson. FOX 4's Dan Godwin brings viewers the latest updates on the case.

On Feb. 25, 2020, a jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts. On Feb. 27, 2020, Godbolt was sentenced to death for all four of the capital murder convictions.

Richard Jordan’s execution date in Mississippi is set. Dive into the chilling 1976 Gulfport kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter by Jordan, who had every chance to avoid his likely fate.