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23 Shocking And Fascinating Last Meals Of Famous Death Row Inmates
James Edward Smith asked for a lump of dirt, but his request was denied. He settled for a cup of yogurt instead.
Longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row dies from natural causes
Bruce Ward, a convicted murderer who was the longest-serving inmate on Arkansas' death row, has died, the state Department of ...
A second South Carolina death row inmate chooses execution by firing squad
A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...
Inmate coordinated ‘execution-style’ killing of police informant, AZ officials say
Peterson is accused of arranging “the execution-style murder” of Juan Raygoza in October 2017, prosecutors said. Peterson was ...
Lawyers argue that lethal injection of morbidly obese Florida inmate could result in botched execution
Lawyers for convicted murderer Michael Tanzi say that his weight and health conditions could cause a lethal injection ...
Florida death row inmate’s lawyers argue he shouldn’t be executed because he’s ‘morbidly obese’
The morbidly obese killer’s defense team argued his planned lethal injection would violate the Eighth Amendment, which protects against forms of cruel and unusual punishment.
Lawyers for 'morbidly obese' Florida death row inmate argue his weight could cause botched lethal injection
Lawyers for a Florida man on death row are seeking to halt his execution set for next week, arguing that his obesity could ...
South Carolina death row inmate invokes 'sovereign citizen' defense in bid to avoid execution
A last-ditch effort from attorneys of a death row inmate argue that his beliefs about being a "sovereign citizen" could be considered insanity and should spare him from execution.
Arkansas' longest-serving death row inmate dies of natural causes
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The longest-standing inmate on Arkansas' death row has died of natural causes. Bruce Earl Ward was found ...