8 d. ago Chilling final words from oldest death row inmate seconds before execution

Oscar Frankline Smith, 75, was killed by lethal injection on Thursday, May 22. He had been sentenced to death in July 1990 - after a jury found him guilty of the brutal murders of his estranged wife and her two teenage sons.

Events

8 d. ago Haunting final words of death row’s oldest inmate seconds before his execution

Tennessee’s oldest death row inmate, Oscar Franklin Smit,h brutally murdered his wife and her children over thirty years ago. He was executed this year and had some haunting last words

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1 week ago Mystery as death row killer manages to commit suicide while awaiting his execution

Florida death row inmate Matthew Caylor, who was awaiting execution for the horrific murder and rape of a 13-year-old girl, has died by suicide in prison.

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2 w. ago The GHOST that walks on Death Row: US prisoner jailed for murder he didn't commit reveals inmates saw a SPIRIT 'walk down the hallway' whenever there was an execution

In the fragile space between life and death, Florida prison inmates sit in a damp jail cell waiting to learn their fate. 

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2 w. ago Alabama execution remains on hold to evaluate whether man is competent

The scheduled execution of an Alabama Death Row inmate will not proceed next week

Politics

3 w. ago Death row inmate screams out in pain during execution after state refused to remove heart device

Byron Black, 69, was killed by lethal injection for the deaths of Angela Clay, 29, and her daughters, Latoya, nine, and Lakeisha, six, on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Death row inmates challenge new Arkansas law allowing executions by nitrogen gas

Several Arkansas death row inmates have sued the state to block a new law allowing executions by nitrogen gas

Society