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South Carolina executes death row inmate as governor rejects widespread calls to grant clemency
South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk.
Texas inmate final words revealed and sings songs as he's executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls
A Texas man convicted of fatally stabbing twin 16-year-old girls more than three decades ago was executed on Tuesday evening.
Missouri Supreme Court, governor refuse to halt execution of man convicted in 1998 killing
Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson, a former sheriff who has never granted clemency in a death penalty case, rejected Williams' request to spare him and convert his sentence to life...
Final meal of SC inmate put to death in state's first execution in 13 years revealed
He had a killer final meal.
SC inmate utters just one final word before dying by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina put inmate Freddie Owens to death Friday as the state restarted executions after an unintended 13-year pause because prison officials couldn’t get the drugs needed for lethal injections.
Key witness who put SC inmate that chose his own method of execution on death row admits he lied
“I’m coming forward now because I know Freddie’s execution date is September 20 and I don’t want Freddie to be executed for something he didn’t do," Steven Golden said just...
SC inmate forced to choose how he'll be put to death makes execution decision
Freddie Owens said in court papers that deciding the execution method would be taking an active role in his own death, and his Muslim faith teaches him that suicide is...
South Carolina to execute first death row inmate in 13 years — and he can choose how he dies
Freddie Eugene Owens will have a choice of lethal injection, electrocution or a firing squad for his scheduled September execution -- the state's first in 13 years.
Utah murderer who killed woman is put to death by lethal injection in state’s first execution since 2010
After decades of failed appeals, Honie’s execution warrant was signed in June despite defense objections to the planned lethal drug.
Cruel and unusual: Missouri death row inmate facing 'surgery without anesthesia,' lawyer says
Brian Dorsey, 52, is set to be executed on Tuesday for murdering his cousin and her husband in 2006.
Oklahoma executes double murderer after he nonchalantly refused right to last words: 'Nah, I'm good'
Michael Dewayne Smith, 41, was pronounced dead at 10:19 a.m. inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary after undergoing lethal injection Thursday.
Chinese man, mistress executed for throwing his two young kids out apartment window so they could start a new family together: report
Zhang was convicted of throwing his two children out of a high-rise apartment window from the 15th floor of a residential tower in southwest China’s Chongqing in 2020.
Death row inmate to be killed with 'inhuman' method vets say is too cruel to use on animals
A death row inmate in Alabama who survived a botched lethal injection is set to be executed Thursday using nitrogen gas — a method the UN called "inhuman" and veterinarians...
New investigation reveals how Texas mom became a key witness in her own murder investigation
The day before she died, Muñoz wrote in her journal: "What is it that I want? #1 Move forward."
'I hope you find peace': Alabama inmate's final words before being executed for killing man during robbery
Casey McWhorter, an Alabama inmate convicted of killing a man during a 1993 robbery when he was a teenager was executed Thursday by lethal injection.
Texas death row inmate recites lengthy Psalm in last statement before execution
Jedidiah Murphy, a Texas man convicted of killing an elderly woman decades ago, was put to death Tuesday.
Alabama executes man for the 2001 beating death of a woman, resuming lethal injections after review
James Barber, 64, was pronounced dead at 1:56 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at a south Alabama prison.
Texas death row inmate shares final, remorseful words before execution
John Balentine was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the Jan. 1998 shooting of three teens, including his former girlfriend’s brother.
Mo. man executed for murdering girlfriend and her 3 kids, despite claims he was 1,800 miles away
A Missouri man was executed Tuesday night for killing his girlfriend and her three young kids in 2004 -- after he said he was looking forward to "meeting" death in...
Arizona inmate Aaron Gunches withdraws execution request over lethal injection 'torture'
Aaron Gunches described incidents in which authorities struggled to place IV lines during the lethal injection process.