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The latest Florida death row inmate to be executed spent part of his boyhood at the horrific Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna. Michael Bell was one of 34 former Dozier inmates who ended… ...
A Chancery Court judge says the state must disconnect the heart defibrillator shortly before the inmate's August execution to avoid a prolonged death.
A man sentenced to death for a 1998 Lexington murder has died while on death row.
LEX 18 has learned that Lexington death row inmate Johnathon Goforth, who was charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the death of 73-year-old Lonetta White in 1998, has died.
The concept of a "last meal" on death row is widely known, but the final words uttered by condemned individuals are often far more revealing and unsettling. History records a chilling collection ...
Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies has dementia, and is asking the parole board to spare his life. Executing him, his attorneys argue, will be a "needless display of violence." ...
A Texas man on death row is now scheduled to be put to death in October for his conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter.
With just weeks to go before a death row inmate's scheduled execution, there's one more courtroom battle playing out.
Death row convict Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, imprisoned for 32 years for alleged rape and murder of a two-year-old, now has been adjudged actually innocent. Columnist Quin Hillyer argues that bail ...
His appearance in the courtroom surprised many of those inside who were not expecting the Texas Death Row inmate to be transferred from a Southeast Texas prison.
A district court judge set a new execution date for Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson Wednesday morning.