Here's what it's really like in the final hours of being on death row— and the last words of those who were executed
According to records, the average age death row inmates are sentenced to die is 27. As of August 2024, a total of 1,413 people had been executed by lethal injection in the United States since 1976,
The reasons why executions, death row delays continue in Tennessee two years later
Strada came to Tennessee in January 2023 from Arizona, where he left behind a broken executions process. Another cause for the state's execution delay is Tennessee's ongoing difficulty finding the drugs used in a lethal injection.
Idaho's longest-serving death row Inmate scheduled for execution after botched attempt
An Idaho judge has scheduled the execution of the state's longest-serving death row inmate following a botched attempt to administer his sentence earlier this year.
Texas committee makes historic move approving subpoena for death row inmate one day before his execution
A unanimous vote by a Texas House committee successfully subpoenaed a death row inmate scheduled to receive death by lethal injection for the 2002 killing of his 2-year-old daughter.
Calls for mercy mount as Texas death row inmate faces execution for a crime his advocates say did not happen
Advocates of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson are pleading for the state to halt its plans to execute him Thursday for the murder of his 2-year-old daughter – a crime Roberson says he did not commit.
Texas death row inmate gets temporary reprieve 90 minutes before execution
A judge in Travis County, Texas, issued a restraining order to temporarily reprieve Robert Roberson from execution. It came Thursday just 90 minutes prior to his scheduled execution. Roberson was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in 2002.
Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson denied clemency, execution set
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for Robert Roberson, set for execution despite claims of wrongful conviction.
Texas Board of Pardons rejects death row inmate's clemency request
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency today for Robert Roberson, who was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter in a case of "shaken baby syndrome." Roberson has always maintained his innocence.
Last minute halt with the execution of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson
In a fight against the clock, a Travis County judge granted Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson a temporary restraining order just an hour before his 6 p.m. execution Thursday. Texas House leaders Jeff Leach and Dale Wainwright issued a subpoena for Roberson Wednesday night as a last-minute push to halt the execution.
Travis County judge to hear arguments hours before Texas scheduled to execute death row inmate
Members of the Texas House have taken legal action to delay the execution of a death row inmate with hours to spare.
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Wade Wilson Officially Moved to Florida's Death Row
The 274 Florida male death row inmates are housed at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford which has a capacity of 1,486 inmates. Raiford is a Union County town located in the northern ...
Post-conviction counsel for Mark Sievers seeks to vacate death sentence, get new trial
Mark Sievers, sentenced to death in 2020, is asking the court to vacate his capital punishment, calling the ruling in his case unconstitutional.
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Florida Supreme Court affirms death sentence for murderer who killed fellow inmate in Bradford County
The Florida Supreme Court will not stop the execution of a man convicted of killing an inmate in a state prison in Bradford ...
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Wade Wilson Death Row Update: Convicted Killer Heads Back to Court
His newest mugshot debuted his completely shaved head paired against his bright orange inmate suit. There are currently 274 men and two women on death row in Florida. Female death row ...
Hurricane Milton could turn Florida prisons into death traps
As climate disasters intensify, the nation’s incarcerated population faces life-threatening risks due to inadequate emergency ...
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Florida inmate set for execution says he endured 'horrific abuse' at state-run school
A Florida death row inmate set to be executed Thursday in the 1994 killing of a college student says he's innocent and that his life should be spared because of "horrific abuse" he suffered at ...
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Florida death row inmate Markeith Loyd to appear in Orange County court Friday
Loyd is serving a life sentence for the 2016 murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Sade Dixon. Loyd is also on death row for the 2017 murder of Orlando Police Lt. Debra Clayton.
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What death row is really like - harrowing final hours and words of inmates recently executed
More than 300 of those are incarcerated in the sunshine state of Florida in 6ft by 9ft x 9.5ft high solitary cells. The average age death row inmates are sentenced to die is 27. As of August ...
Clemency bid fails for death row inmate in shaken baby case
Texas lawmakers from both major parties and dozens of experts are backing a last-ditch appeal - but prosecutors stand by the ...