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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has spared the life of a death row inmate just before he was set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, commuting the man’s sentence to life in prison without parole.

The South Carolina House voted Wednesday, May 5, to add a firing squad to the state’s execution methods amid a lack of lethal-injection drugs—a measure meant to jump-start executions in a state that ...

FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row — one a crooked New Orleans cop, the other behind a multi-state killing spree — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in ...

A Louisiana inmate who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail after his conviction was overturned. Jimmie Duncan was convicted of the first-degree murder of 23-month-old ...

A South Carolina death row inmate convicted of killing a man and writing a message to investigators with the victim's blood more than 20 years ago elected on Friday to die by firing squad. Stephen ...

With 8 Coller and Lee county men living on Florida's death row, Gov. Ron DeSantis set record for executions in 2025 ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was overturned earlier this year.Jimmie Duncan had originally been convicted of ...

Without Florida, the national execution rate would be like an average year, with fewer than 30 executions across the country.

A voting board in Oklahoma decided Wednesday to recommend clemency for Tremane Wood, a death row inmate who is scheduled to receive a lethal injection next week at the state penitentiary in McAlester.

Almost every person on Death Row grew up neglected and surrounded by violence. In many cases, their court-appointed attorneys didn’t present their childhood histories to the juries determining their ...

An obese Georgia death row inmate requested a greasy, gluttonous buffet-style spread packed with thousands of calories for his last meal, scheduled for next week. Stacey Humphreys, 52, will be put to ...