Alabama to execute inmate who dropped appeals and asked for death
Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death.
South Carolina inmate sentenced for killing Winston-Salem man, police captain to be executed after 19 years
A South Carolina man will be put to death next month after spending nearly 20 years on death row. 41-year-old Mikal D. Mahdi ...
SC sets execution date for Mikal Mahdi, who killed Orangeburg police captain
Mikal Mahdi burned the body of Orangeburg County Deputy James Edward Myers after shooting him 9 times. The death row inmate ...
Texas 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood gets rare stay of execution: What to know
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has blocked the execution of convicted El Paso 'Desert Killer' David Leonard Wood, amid lack of DNA evidence.
Court stays execution of Texas man days before he was set to die by lethal injection
A Texas appeals court has halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die ...
Texas court issues rare stay of execution for Death Row inmate who fought for DNA testing
The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.
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Inmate death at North Carolina jail under investigation
ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — The North Carolina State of Investigation is joining Robeson County sheriff’s deputies in probing the death of an inmate who was being housed at the county’s ...
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Execution looms: Brad Sigmon is 'going to pay for what he's done,' victims' grandson says
According to court documents, Sigmon told authorities he planned to take Barbare to North Carolina ... fourth person South Carolina has executed since resuming death row executions in September ...