Texas committee makes historic move approving subpoena for death row inmate one day before his execution
A unanimous vote by a Texas House committee has successfully summoned a death row inmate who was scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 2002 murder of his 2-year-old daughter. Robert Roberson's request for clemency from the death penalty in the “Shaken Baby Syndrome” case was denied, despite questionable evidence in the case. In […]
Texas board rejects clemency for man facing execution in shaken baby death
A Texas board has rejected a request for clemency for a man facing the death penalty in a “shaken baby syndrome” case, despite questions about the evidence in the case. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has voted against commuting Robert Roberson's death sentence to life in prison or delaying his scheduled execution Thursday. […]
Robert Roberson execution for murder of 2-year-old daughter could be first in US over shaken baby syndrome after judge’s ruling
A Texas judge has ruled in favor of the death penalty for a father convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter. This is despite growing calls for state intervention, including from detectives who helped send him to death row. Robert Roberson, 57, was sentenced Thursday after his lawyers were told on Tuesday that 10th Administrative Judicial […]
South Carolina death row inmate to choose firing squad, electric chair or lethal injection for execution
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Alabama man Alan Eugene Miller put to death in the country’s second nitrogen gas execution
ATMOORE, Ala. (AP) – Alabama on Thursday questioned the humanity of using nitrogen gas to execute a man convicted of killing three people in a series of workplace shootings. This is the second time the controversial method has been used in the country. Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was pronounced dead at a prison in southern […]
Missouri’s Supreme Court, governor reject calls to stop execution of man convicted for 1998 murder
The Missouri Supreme Court and the state's Republican governor, Mike Parson, on Monday separately rejected requests by inmates to avoid their scheduled executions. Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday in connection with the murder of Lisha Gayle, a social worker and former newspaper reporter who was […]
Missouri Supreme Court, Gov. Mike Parson refuses to halt execution of Marcellus Williams, convicted in 1998 killing
The execution of a Missouri man convicted of killing a social worker in 1998 is set to go ahead as scheduled on Tuesday after the state Supreme Court and governor rejected repeated requests to halt the execution. Marcellus Williams, 55, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday for the stabbing […]
Final meal of SC inmate in state’s first execution in 13 years revealed
He enjoyed his last meal immensely. A South Carolina inmate who died by lethal injection on Friday ate a hearty multi-course meal before the state's first execution in 13 years. Freddie Owens, 46, killed Greenville convenience store clerk Eileen Graves after he failed to open the safe during a botched robbery in 1997. During his […]
South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
South Carolina executed death row inmate Freddie Owens on Friday, unintentionally resuming a 13-year hiatus after prison officials were unable to obtain the drugs needed to administer the lethal injection. Owens was convicted in 1997 of killing a Greenville convenience store clerk during a robbery. During the trial, Owens murdered a county jail inmate. His […]
‘He didn’t do it’: days before execution in South Carolina, key witness says he lied | South Carolina
Two days before South Carolina is scheduled to execute a death row inmate, a key witness for the prosecution came forward to argue that the defendant lied at trial and that the state is trying to execute an innocent man. Khalil Devine Black Sun Allah, 46, is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on […]