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Who Is Leonard Taylor? Missouri to execute man over 2004 murders
Taylor, 58, maintains he was thousands of miles away when his girlfriend and her three children were killed.
Who is Wesley Ruiz? Texas prisoner to be executed for 2007 police murder
Ruiz, 43, is set to receive a lethal injection for the killing of Dallas Police Senior Corporal Mark Nix.
Oklahoma backtracks on "unsustainable" plan to execute one inmate a month
The state's new attorney general asked Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals to slow down the pace of upcoming executions.
Who is Scott Eizember? Oklahoma to execute man for killing elderly couple
Eizember, 62, is to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester at 10 a.m. local time on January 12.
Robert Fratta fears expired drugs will lead to another botched execution
Fratta, 65, is set to receive a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas on January 10.
Who is Robert Fratta? Texas to execute former officer for wife's killing
Fratta's attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the execution, arguing that prosecutors withheld evidence that a witness was hypnotized by investigators.
Every death row prisoner executed in the U.S. in 2022
Eighteen men were put to death in the U.S. this year, with more than half of them in Texas and Oklahoma.
Lethal injections are to blame for over 100 botched executions in America
The first inmate put to death by lethal injection in the U.S. was Charles Brooks Jr. on December 7, 1982.
Idaho cancels Gerald Pizzuto's execution because it can't get drugs
Pizzuto's attorney Deborah Czuba welcomed the news, but criticized the state's decision to obtain a death warrant while being unprepared for an execution.
Missouri bans woman from attending her father's execution: "Heartbroken"
"My dad is the most important person in my life. He has been there for me my whole life, even though he's been incarcerated," Corionsa "Khorry" Ramey said.
Attorneys slam Idaho officials for setting terminally ill man's execution
Gerald Ross Pizzuto Jr., who has late-stage bladder cancer, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on December 15.
Alabama to execute man for murder-for-hire killing
Smith, 57, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on November 17.
Oklahoma set to execute man on his birthday
Richard Fairchild was convicted for the November 1993 killing of his girlfriend's 3-year-old son, Adam Broomhall.
Arizona to execute man for double killing over 40 years ago
Murray Hooper, 76, who was convicted of murdering two people in 1980, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on November 16.
Tracy Beatty's final words before Texas execution
Beatty, 61, was sentenced to death for strangling his mother, Carolyn Click, after they argued in her East Texas home in November 2003.
Benjamin Cole's final words before Oklahoma execution
The 57-year-old death row inmate died by lethal injection on Thursday despite calls from his attorneys to stay the execution considering his mental health.
Pro-Death Penalty Legislators Demand Hearing on Richard Glossip's Execution
They were among 61 Oklahoma legislators calling for a new evidentiary hearing ahead of Glossip's September execution date..
Who Is James Coddington? Death Row Inmate Step Closer to Clemency
Coddington is the first of 25 inmates whose execution dates were set last month after a federal judge rejected their challenge to Oklahoma's execution protocol.
Alabama to Execute Joe Nathan James Jr. Against Wishes of Victim's Family
James, 50, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1994 shooting to death of his ex-girlfriend Faith Hall.
Oklahoma Execution Dates as State Plans to Kill Inmate Nearly Every Month
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set execution dates for 25 death row inmates after a federal judge upheld the state's lethal injection protocol.
Who is Frank Atwood? Arizona Inmate Set to Die By Lethal Injection
Atwood, 66, was sentenced to death for the 1984 killing of 8-year-old Vicki Lynn Hoskinson.
Oklahoma Death Penalty Protocol Upheld, Clearing Way for 28 Executions
Attorneys for the inmates had argued that the use of the sedative midoazolam violated the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment
Problem With Lethal Injection Drugs Prompts Ohio Gov to Postpone Execution
Citing lethal drug supply issues, the governor's office has issued several delays to inmates.
Arizona to Execute First Prisoner Since 'Botched' Lethal Injection in 2014
Clarence Dixon, 66, is set to receive a lethal injection at the state prison in Florence for the 1978 killing of 21-year-old student Deana Bowdoin.
Carl Wayne Buntion's Last Words as Texas Man Executed by Lethal Injection
James Irby, Buntion's victim, was a 37-year-old police officer with a wife and two young children when he was murdered during a traffic stop almost 32 years ago.
Arizona to Execute First Death Row Prisoner in 8 Years
The Arizona Supreme Court set a May 11 execution date for Dixon, who was sentenced to death for the 1978 killing of an Arizona State University student.
Gilbert Ray Postelle Executed by Oklahoma, Fourth Death Since October
Within a span of the last four months, the state has now executed four prisoners, one of which reportedly convulsed and vomited during his execution.
California's $853,000 Execution Chamber Won't be Repurposed
The chamber was built in 2008, but there have been no executions in the state since 2006.
Oklahoma Judge Refuses to Stop 2 Upcoming Executions
After a federal judge's ruling, Donald Grant is scheduled to be executed later this month, and Gilbert Postelle is set to be executed next month.
2 Oklahoma Inmates Choose Death By Firing Squad Because It's Quicker
"While it may be gruesome to look at, we all agree it will be quicker," attorney Jim Stronski said about the use of firing squads instead of lethal injection.