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

The 'Doomsday mother' has been convicted in the murders of her children, her husband's former wife. She also was convicted ...

Death row pastor finds honor in loving condemned The Nobel Foundation says 338 candidates have been nominated for the 2025 prize, though the list of nominees won't be made public for 50 years.

Loden's time of death was 6:12 p.m. CST. Noa Dubois, the wife of former Texas death row inmate Steven Nelson, said that Hood's guidance was instrumental in her husband's final days.

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, who put a moratorium on executions in 2000 and later commuted the death sentences of more than 160 inmates before leaving office, died on May 2.

The 41-year-old has spent half of his life on death row. In 2005, Mendoza was convicted of the murder, kidnapping, and aggravated sexual assault of 20-year-old Rachelle Tolleson and sentenced to ...

It will be the 13th execution in the nation. Mendoza was sentenced to death row for the murder of 20-year-old Rachelle O'Neil Tolleson on March 18, 2004, in Farmersville, Texas.

U.S. Supreme Court grants Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip new trial High court throws out conviction and death sentence in 1997 murder-for-hire case By Reuters Wire Service Feb. 25, 2025 ...

Steven Nelson, 37, was put to death Feb. 5 for smothering Clint Dobson, a 28-year-old pastor and husband, during a botched robbery at NorthPointe Baptist Church in 2011.

Hélène Noa Dubois, (right) partner of death row inmate Steven Lawayne Nelson, wipes away a tear as she speaks beside Rev. Jeff Hood during a news conference Nov. 15, 2024, in Arlington.

Steven Nelson was executed on Wednesday, February 5 at the state prison in Huntsville Texas. Nelson, 37, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2011 murder during a robbery of Rev. Clinton ...