- Capital punishment protesters pray on the grounds of Riverbend Maximum Security Institution before the scheduled execution ...

Smith was convicted of fatally stabbing and shooting his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her sons, Jason and Chad, 13 and 16, at their Nashville home on Oct. 1, 1989.

Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve just over three ...

Seventeen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 11 other people are scheduled to be put ...

Oscar Franklin Smith, 75, is scheduled to be the first to die by Tennessee’s new lethal injection protocol on May 22.

Daniel Horwitz faced contempt of court for talking about a private prison that was one of his most frequent courtroom ...

Tennessee is set to execute its first death row inmate in years. Here's which states have the death penalty and which methods are still practiced.

Among 27 states with death penalty laws, Indiana is one of two that bars media witnesses. The other, Wyoming, has conducted ...

The upcoming execution of Oscar Franklin Smith has caused a deeper look into the history and methods of execution and current ...

Before Rogers’ death, the most recent U.S. execution was in Florida and took place May 1, when Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, died ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Maricopa County prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty in the murder of a Tempe woman who was ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A hearing has been scheduled for convicted killer and death row inmate Ralph Leroy Menzies to determine if he's competent enough to face the death penalty. Menzies has ...