Oscar Franklin Smith was the first death row inmate to be executed in Tennessee in five years. Witnesses recount the moments leading up to his execution, including a message to Governor Bill Lee.

On April 28, around 4 a.m., Atlanta officers were called to Cloud 9 Smoke Shop on Memorial Drive in northeast Atlanta about a ...

Oscar Franklin Smith was served his last meal on May 21 ahead of his execution scheduled for 10 a.m. the next morning.

Inmates on Tennessee's death row are generally allowed $20 toward their last meal. Here's what some of them have chosen.

An Indiana death row inmate set to be executed in less than two weeks is asking for the nation's highest court to intervene. Lawyers for Benjamin Ritchie wrote that their client was "sentenced to ...

D.A. Varela [email protected] Though Ragan, who’s been in prison since 2013 for the murder of Perez, managed to escape death row — it could be short-lived. The state is also seeking his ...

MEMPHIS – A jury in a Tennessee state court on May 7 acquitted three former Memphis police officers of second-degree murder and all other charges in the 2023 beating death of black motorist Tyre ...

Mads Mikkelsen is set to play a death row chef alongside Boyd Holbrook in ... Executive Producers include Charles Porter of Black Bench Productions, Kelly Price of Blessed From Above, Karan ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Clemency was denied for Oklahoma death row inmate John Fitzgerald Hanson, also known as George John Hanson, who was convicted of the 1999 murder of 77-year-old Mary Bowles.

The Oklahoma Board of Pardons and Parole denied death row inmate John Hanson clemency on May 7, putting his fate in the hands of the federal judiciary. The board voted 3-2 to deny Republican ...