TALLAHASSEE — In an unusual move, an inmate scheduled to be executed this month in the 1998 sexual assault and murder of an East Milton woman has decided not to fight in court. During an Oct. 1 ...

As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling on Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford's petition to halt his scheduled execution. Crawford's execution ...

FILE - Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, file) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man convicted of raping and killing a ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Two men were killed in an execution-style shooting near Philadelphia's Pennypack Park. Police got the call to Enfield and Solly Avenues in Holmesburg just after 4 a.m. Saturday.

A series of executions are set to take place across the United States in the coming week. Roy Ward’s execution in Indiana was the first of six scheduled to be carried out in six different states over ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Robert Roberson on Thursday morning. The order was issued one week before Roberson's execution was scheduled at the Texas State Penitentiary ...

Robert Roberson, an East Texas man facing execution for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, poses for a photo at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in Livingston on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. Juan Figueroa / ...

Lawyers for Robert Roberson questioned evidence about whether he shook his 2-year-old daughter to death. The state’s highest criminal court ordered a new look. By J. David Goodman Reporting from ...

An appeals court has issued a stay of execution for a man who was set to become the first in the nation to be put to death over shaken baby syndrome. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued the ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Condemned man Roy Lee Ward has withdrawn the final two federal lawsuits that sought to delay his execution, effectively guaranteeing that his death sentence will be ...

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