South Carolina Executes First Death Row Inmate In 13 Years
(South Carolina Department of Corrections) OAN Staff Avril ElfiSaturday, September 21, 2024 10:24 AM South Carolina executed a death row inmate by lethal injection for the first time in 13 years. advertisement Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, formerly known as Freddie Owens, was executed by lethal injection at the Broad River Correctional Facility in Columbia, […]
South Carolina executes first man in 13 years despite new evidence of innocence | South Carolina
South Carolina executed a death row inmate on Friday, just days after a key prosecution witness argued that the defendant lied at trial and that the state was executing an innocent man. Khalil Devine Black Sun Allah, 46, was killed by lethal injection at approximately 7 p.m. His lawyers filed an emergency motion for a […]
Alabama executes man convicted of murdering delivery driver in 1998 robbery
Keith Edmund Gavin, who was sentenced to death for the 1998 shooting death of courier driver William Clayton Jr., will be executed by chemical injection on July 18, 2024. At the time of Clayton’s murder, Gavin was on parole in Illinois after serving 17 years of a 34-year sentence for an unrelated murder conviction, according […]
Texas Executes Convicted Murderer After Supreme Court Rejects His Final Appeal
Texas executed convicted murderer Ramiro Gonzales by lethal injection Wednesday evening following a rejection from the U.S. Supreme Court of his final appeal, according to multiple reports. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice confirmed Gonzales, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. following a lethal dose of pentobarbital at the state’s penitentiary in Huntsville, according to the Texas Tribune. […]
Oklahoma executes state’s longest-serving death row inmate – a fiend who raped, killed 7-year-old girl
Oklahoma on Thursday executed the state’s longest serving death row inmate, a convicted felon who kidnapped, raped and murdered his 7-year-old stepdaughter in 1984. Richard Rojem, 66, was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary by three lethal injection doses. Rojem had maintained he was innocent of the murder of his former […]
Texas executes 41-year-old Ramiro Gonzales for 2001 murder, rape
Texas death row inmate Ramiro Gonzalez was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2001 murder and rape of a teenage girl, despite multiple appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gonzalez was injected with a chemical agent at the state prison in Huntsville and pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. Deadly Shot Bridget Townsend, an […]
Oklahoma executes double murderer Michael Dewayne Smith by lethal injection
The state of Oklahoma executed Michael Dwayne Smith by lethal injection after denying the double murderer the right to tell authorities his last words: “No, I’m fine.” Smith, 41, was pronounced dead by prison staff at 10:19 a.m. Thursday after receiving a lethal injection inside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Although the killer claimed he did […]
Georgia executes man for 1993 murder in first execution since before the pandemic
Georgia executed a prisoner for the first time since January 2020 on Wednesday night, after the Supreme Court ruled out a delay earlier in the day. Willie James Pye, a death row inmate, was executed at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday for the 1993 murder of his ex-girlfriend Alicia Lynn Yarbrough, according to the Georgia Department of […]
Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas
An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday night, marking the first time in the United States to be executed by nitrogen gas, authorities confirmed. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, died at Holman Prison in Atmore after the Supreme Court refused to block experimental executions. Smith was forced to inhale toxic gas through a mask, depriving […]
U.S. Executes Retaliatory Airstrikes Against Iran-Supported Militias In Iraq
This photo taken on July 8, 2021, shows a view of Ain al-Asad air base, which hosts US troops in Iraq, in western Anbar province, a day after 14 rockets were fired at the base. It shows. – On July 7, the coalition announced that 14 rockets were fired at an air base housing U.S. […]