Alabama death row inmate Keith Gavin to be executed on July 18 for 1998 murder
An execution date has been set for a man convicted of killing a delivery driver at a northeastern Alabama ATM in 1998. Governor Kay Ivey announced Thursday that Keith Edmond Gavin, 64, will be executed by lethal injection within 30 hours from midnight July 18th to 6am July 19th. Her announcement came a week after […]
Georgia inmate, Jacob Henson, fatally shot inside hospital after grabbing guard’s pepper spray
A Georgia inmate was shot and killed inside a hospital Tuesday night after pepper spraying a guard and then charging at a second man, authorities said. Inmate Jacob Henson was being treated at about 8:45 p.m. after he was stabbed during an altercation with one of the state correctional officers who was accompanying him to […]
Inmate accused in cold case killing of DC cop Tony Anthony Mason Jr.
Investigators believe they have solved the “painful mystery” of who killed an off-duty Washington, D.C., police officer while he was sitting in a parked car with his date. The case remained on ice for nearly seven years. Dion Thompson, 24, a repeat offender, allegedly pulled the trigger on the sergeant. Tony Anthony Mason Jr. and […]
Colorado inmate Ronald Caillier overpowers officers in hospital prison break
A Colorado inmate “overpowered” two police officers, fled a hospital and stole a neighbor’s minivan in a wild prison escape Friday, all while handcuffed. Ronald Caillier, 38, began his daring escape from the emergency room at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center just before midnight. This was announced by the Bent County Sheriff’s Office. Caillier, who […]
Death row inmate asks to be executed after fighting sentence for years: ‘This is the only option’
Alabama death row inmate Derrick Dearman asked to be executed despite having fought his death sentence for over five years. He pleaded guilty to capital murder charges in the grizzly 2016 killings of five people, including a pregnant woman. He first appealed his execution in October 2018, just over two years after what court records […]
DOJ Sues Utah Claiming State Discriminated Against Transgender Inmate
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said states discriminated against transgender prisoners because they were late applying for hormone therapy, and prisoners were not able to purchase women’s clothing or be transferred to women’s facilities. filed a lawsuit against the state of Utah. The complaint charges that the Utah Department of Corrections violated the Americans […]
Missouri death row inmate eats last meal
A Missouri death row inmate was executed Tuesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected two appeals from his 2006 double murder. Missouri Department of Corrections Public Affairs Director Karen Pojman told Fox News Digital that Brian Dorsey, 52, died at Bon Terre State Prison after a single injection of the sedative pentobarbital at 6:11 […]
Idaho inmate, accomplice due in court following hospital ambush of police
Two members of a white supremacist prison gang in Idaho, including an inmate and a man accused of helping them escape in an armed ambush at a Boise hospital, are charged with providing a vehicle to an inmate. The accused woman is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on Monday. It was used during […]
MO inmate could get ‘surgery without anesthesia’ if no vein found: attorneys
Lawyers for Missouri death row inmate Brian Dorsey have several appeals pending in a last-ditch effort to avoid the death penalty. Dorsey’s lawyers have cited the state’s execution protocol, which allows for “surgery without anesthesia” if a suitable vein for lethal injection cannot be found. Dorsey, 52, was convicted of double murder in the 2006 […]
Alabama inmate set for second-ever nitrogen gas execution sues: ‘pain and disgrace’
An Alabama inmate seeks to block the state’s attempt to execute a second person with nitrogen gas, filing a lawsuit alleging that the first execution using the new method was a “failure” and caused cruel and prolonged suffering. I woke you up. Lawyers for Alan Eugene Miller, who survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt, filed […]