Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas
An Alabama death row inmate was executed on Thursday night, becoming the first person in the US to be put to death by nitrogen gas, officials confirmed. Kenneth Eugene Smith, … Read More
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Eerie final words of ‘vampire’ who killed 6-year-old girl
A Missouri death row inmate who claimed to be a vampire told the family of the 6-year-old girl he abducted and killed he was “sorry” as they watched him being … Read More
Florida man convicted in 1984 murder of babysitter executed
A Florida man convicted of the 1984 killing of a babysitter as two children slept, a woman in a separate murder and rape, was executed Thursday after being one of the state’s … Read More
Death row inmate Andre Thomas who cut out eyes, ate one seeks clemency
Plagued by mental illness, Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas started hearing voices when he was 9 years old and first attempted suicide when he was 10, his attorneys say. Thomas’ psychosis, … Read More
Texas executes convicted killer John Balentine
A man sentenced to death for killing three teens more than two decades ago was executed in Texas Wednesday night — and apologized to his victims’ families in his final … Read More
Sorry for ‘taking him away from you’
A convicted cop-killer who fatally shot a Dallas police corporal after a high speed chase in 2007 used his final breaths to apologize to the officer’s family Wednesday, telling them … Read More
Oklahoma death row inmate Scott Eizember last words: ‘My conscience is clear’
Scott James Eizember, a 62-year-old man who murdered an elderly couple 19 years ago, was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on Thursday. “I’m at peace,” Eizember said with an intravenous line … Read More
AZ inmate withdraws execution request over lethal injection ‘torture’
An Arizona death row inmate withdrew his execution request this week, citing three recent executions that were “carried out in a manner that amounts to torture” and the election of … Read More
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown to commute state’s 17 death sentences
Outgoing Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed an order Tuesday to commute the sentences of the state’s 17 death row inmates. The term-limited politician who leaves office in less than a … Read More
Alabama botches lethal injection of convicted killer Alan Miller at 11th hour
An Alabama man convicted of killing three people in a 1999 workplace shooting was spared the death penalty at the 11th hour Thursday because his executioner couldn’t find a vein … Read More
