A reprieve was Smith's last legal avenue to avoid execution. The Tennessee Department of Correction served Smith his last meal at 5:30 p.m. May 21, according to spokesperson Dorinda Carter.

Mississippi death row inmate Richard Jordan's execution is scheduled for June 25th, amidst legal challenges to the state's three-drug protocol. Jordan's attorneys argue for the use of ...

Iran carried out executions at “an alarming rate” last year with at least 975 people killed, the United Nations chief said in a report that also cited other human rights abuses, from barriers ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Remember when movies used to just be movies? 28 Years Later is one of those horror movies I’m surprised didn’t spawn a massive franchise. The first one is a classic in ...

The 975 people executed in 2024 surpassed the estimated 834 in 2023 and was the highest rate of executions since 2015, said the report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Four of the executions ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of violence towards children and the process of an execution that some readers may find disturbing. In 2004, Alfred Bourgeois was convicted of torturing ...

TX asks for new execution date in Robert Roberson case The Texas Attorney General’s office has requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson — the East Texas man who narrowly avoided death last ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson, the East Texas man whose execution was delayed last year after his case became a political lightning ...

On Monday, the Texas Attorney General's office requested a new execution date for Robert Roberson. Roberson's legal team immediately filed a motion objecting to that request because he still has a ...