A reprieve was Smith's last legal avenue to avoid execution. The Tennessee Department of Correction served Smith his last meal at 5:30 p.m. May 21, according to spokesperson Dorinda Carter.

Alabama has set an execution date for a man convicted three decades ago of shooting a woman in the head while she slept.

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied ...

2 death row inmates executed in Florida, Alabama minutes apart for grisly murders By David Propper Published June 10, 2025, 8:24 p.m. ET ...

Two death row inmates were executed by a pair of southern states for their twisted murders minutes apart Tuesday evening. Anthony Wainwright was put to death in Florida and Gregory Hunt was killed ...

Arkansas death row inmate Latavious Johnson died of unknown causes at the Varner SuperMax prison on Friday afternoon, according to the state’s department of corrections. He was in his 40s.

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When a Tennessee death row inmate faces execution, picking a last meal is one of the few remaining moments of free will. As the mechanics and logisitics of executions have continued to evolve in ...

South Carolina Supreme Court sets execution for death row inmate convicted in 2005 murders Terry Benjamin II Greenville News 0:04 ...

A death row inmate suffered an excruciating execution after making a critical last meal mistake. Wesley Ira Purkey, who had been on death row since 2004, was found guilty of raping and murdering ...

Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they have a bittersweet new lease on life.