Christa Gail Pike was convicted of hitting Slemmer on the head with a chunk of asphalt, killing her. Prosecutors said she ...
Death row inmate William Lewis Reece has been returned to Oklahoma to face execution for the 1997 murder of 19-year-old ...
Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to ...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has issued a reprieve for long-standing death row man Richard Roland Laird, extending the ...
With 8 Coller and Lee county men living on Florida's death row, Gov. Ron DeSantis set record for executions in 2025 ...
Since executions resumed in Sept. 2024, seven men have been executed by lethal injection and firing squad in South Carolina.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Gov. Mike DeWine has issued reprieves for two death row inmates who were scheduled to be executed early next year. The governor has ordered that Antonio Franklin and James ...
Without Florida, the national execution rate would be like an average year, with fewer than 30 executions across the country.
Summer Shockley with her father, Lance Shockley during a visit at Potosi Correctional Center, in 2024. Lance Shockley executed on Oct. 14, 2025, for the 2005 murder of a Missouri highway patrolman. Of ...
Senate Bill 11 was introduced as lethal injection drugs have become more expensive and hard to get, leading some states to ...
Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs.