Death Row
Attorneys Seek to Delay Execution of Tennessee Death Row InmateByron Lewis Black, 64, is scheduled to be put to death on October 4 for the murder of his girlfriend and her two daughters in 1988.
Tennessee Supreme Court Stays Execution of Death Row Inmate Due to COVID-19Oscar Franklin Smith, 70, was scheduled to be executed on June 4 for the 1989 slayings of his estranged wife and her two sons.
Attorneys for Tennessee Death Row Inmate Say They've Lost 'Critical Time'Oscar Franklin Smith, 70, is due to be executed on June 4 for the 1989 slayings of his estranged wife and her two sons.
Victim's Mother Calls For Release of Pennsylvania Death Row InmateWalter Ogrod has spent nearly 28 years behind bars for the 1988 slaying of Barbara Jean Horn, but her mother says she believes he is innocent and should be released immediately.
Pennsylvania DOC Refuses Coronavirus Test for Inmate, Attorneys SayA court ordered the transportation of Walter Ogrod to an outside hospital after his attorneys filed an emergency motion saying he hadn't been tested for coronavirus, despite developing symptoms.
Pennsylvania Court Orders Death Row Inmate Get Coronavirus TestWalter Ogrod's lawyers had filed an emergency motion after the 55-year-old developed a high fever, cough and had difficulties breathing, but wasn't tested for COVID-19.
Attorneys for Tennessee Death Row Inmate Seek Stay Due to CoronavirusOscar Smith's attorneys filed a motion urging the Tennessee Supreme Court to delay Oscar Smith's execution by six months, citing the severe disruptions to daily life during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Pennsylvania Death Row Inmate Shows Symptoms of Coronavirus, Attorneys SayWalter Ogrod, 55, has spent almost 28 years behind bars for the murder of a four-year-old girl, but the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office recently filed a request for his release after determining he is "likely innocent."
Petition to Save Nate Woods a Death Row Inmate Has Over 100,000 SignaturesA petition to save death row inmate, Nathaniel "Nate" Woods, has garnered over 100,000 signatures, just a few hours before his scheduled execution time.
Alabama Man's Execution For Cop Killings Will Be A 'Lynching,' Family SayNathaniel Woods, 42, is set to be executed on Thursday for the 2004 killing of three Alabama police officers. His family maintain he is innocent.
Death Row 'Maintenance Man' Faces Execution. But Advocates Say He's ChangedNicholas Todd Sutton, 58, is scheduled to be executed for the killing of another inmate in Tennessee. Prison staff, relatives of his victims, and others who know him say he is a new man.
Petition to Free Death Row Inmate Rodney Reed Nears 3 Million SignaturesA petition to exonerate a death row inmate scheduled to be executed on November 20 has received almost 3 million signatures.
White Supremacist Gang Member Executed, Apologizes to Families of VictimsJusten Grant Hall was given the lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2002 slaying of Melanie Billhartz.
Convicted Killer Who Claimed Jurors Had Anti-gay Bias is ExecutedCharles Russell Rhines, 63, was given the lethal injection at the state prison in Sioux Falls said South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.
It's Never Too Late to Clear the Name of an Innocent Loved One ExecutedThe family of Cameron "Todd" Willingham, unjustly executed in 2004, urge to test DNA in Sedley Alley's case—which was never done before Alley was executed in 2006.
James Byrd Jr.'s Killer Hopes for Stay of ExecutionJohn William King, on death row for the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr., is scheduled to be executed Wednesday evening, unless his attorney's petition to the Supreme Court succeeds.
James Byrd Jr. Killer Faces Imminent ExecutionIn 1998, James Byrd Jr. was lynched by three white supremacists. John William King, the ringleader, got the death penalty. More than 20 years after his conviction, he finally faces execution.
Fight Erupts Outside Death Chamber of Texas Inmate"This is not a happy night. This is the end of a horror story," the McLennan County District Attorney said.
Death Row Inmate Wants Chair Not Lethal InjectionDavid Earl Miller was convicted for a 1981 murder.
Man Who Killed Family With Sledgehammer to Be ExecutedRamos will be the eleventh prisoner executed by Texas so far this year.
Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit to Request Firing SquadThe inmates argued that the state has the means to orchestrate their deaths by firing squad.
Who Is Asia Bibi? Death Row Christian Woman AcquittedBibi had been accused of insulting Islam during an argument with neighbors in 2009.
Death Row Inmate Uses Last Words to Tell Traffic JokeRodney Scott Berget was executed by lethal injection for a 2011 murder during a failed attempt to escape from jail.
Prisoner Kills Fellow Death Row InmateIt is the first murder of a condemned prisoner in California for more than 20 years.
Nebraska Will Execute Death Row Inmate Using FentanylCarey Dean Moore has been on death row for almost 40 years.
Supreme Court Denies Child Rapist Stay of ExecutionHe was convicted in 1986.
Texas Executes 8th Death Row Inmate This YearChristopher Young was found guilty of 2004 murder of shop owner.
Iraq Orders Hundreds of Terrorism Convicts ExecutedThe Iraqi authorities are fast-tracking trials for prisoners in the war against ISIS, including European women who traveled to Iraq to marry fighters for the group.
Freed Death Row Prisoner Might Be Going Back to JailIwao Hakamada was sentenced to death for murdering a family of four in 1966.
