Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Cobb death row inmate has been suspended as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles considers a clemency application.

So far, 11 states have carried out 45 executions this year, nearly double the number in 2024, even as public opinion ...

Ahead of his execution, Humphreys, 52, requested a gluttonous spread chock full of southern classics with a dash of fast-food for his final meal — which went viral online.

Even as most of the world has turned its back on capital punishment, some countries continue to enforce it — and 2024 proved to be a particularly deadly year. According to Amnesty International, ...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has spared the life of a death row inmate just before he was set to receive a lethal injection. The governor commuted the man’s sentence to life in prison without parole ...

15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...

Not long ago, FLORIDA TODAY Engagement Editor John Torres wrote a piece about witnessing the pending execution of Bryan Jennings for the 1979 murder of a six-year-old little girl, Rebecca "Becky" ...

A death row inmate in Oklahoma was preparing for his scheduled execution Thursday when Gov. Kevin Sitt spared his life. The governor announced his decision to commute Tremane Wood's sentence from ...