13 h. ago Death Row inmate's last words after sex workers found dumped in pond

Death Row inmate Samuel Lee Smithers has been executed for the 1996 killings of sex workers Christy Cowan and Denise Roach who he murdered and dumped a nearby pond

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14 h. ago Shock number of executions to take place this week in busiest month for 15 years

Four death row inmates are set to be executed in the US this week in what is the busiest month for the death penalty in nearly 15 years

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9 d. ago Death row inmates' horror botched executions from blood spurting to catching fire

The US made history in August as it executed its first-ever prisoner in 15 years by firing squad in what was only the fourth time the method has been used since the death penalty was resumed in the country

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1 week ago 'I survived botched death row execution and there's one face I'll never forget'

After being stabbed several times with needles about to administer a lethal injection, death row inmate Thomas Creech will never forget this one moment

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1 week ago 'I survived disaster death row execution and one moment was the worst'

Thomas Creech, 75, is Idaho's longest-serving death row inmate and was due to be executed last year

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1 week ago Tennessee court sets execution date for the state's only woman on death row and 3 male inmates

The Tennessee Supreme Court has set execution dates for four people, including the only woman in the state on death row

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2 w. ago Death Row inmate who killed couple during a robbery shares final blunt statement

Jones was a new employee at a Miami business owned by Matilda and Jacob Nestor in December 1990 when he stabbed the woman in the neck and her husband in the chest

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2 w. ago Death Row inmate's last words after performing 'exorcism' on 'possessed' baby

Blaine Milam, 35, was given a lethal injection after being sentenced to death for the murder of 13-month-old Amora Carson at his trailer in Rusk County in East Texas in 2008

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3 w. ago Death row inmate's chilling final words before execution for killing wife's family

David Joseph Pittman was put to death by lethal injection just after 6 p.m. ET on Wednesday at the Florida State Prison near Starke under a death warrant signed by DeSantis

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4 w. ago An inmate who killed a police officer thinks most laws are unconstitutional. He’s now due to be executed

A judge in South Carolina has ruled Steven Bixby, a death row inmate, mentally competent and can be executed

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4 w. ago New Hampshire Supreme Court to hear death row inmate's appeal for life sentence

New Hampshire's Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of Michael Addison, the state's only inmate on death row

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4 w. ago Judge clears way for execution of South Carolina inmate who thinks most laws are unconstitutional

A judge in South Carolina has ruled a death row inmate who thinks most laws are unconstitutional is mentally competent and can be executed

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4 w. ago Death Row inmate requested burgers and chicken but turned them down for one reason

Death Row inmate Lawrence Brewer went all out when requesting his last meal before execution – but then refused to eat any of the huge banquet. Here's why

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