As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to issue a ruling on Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford's petition to halt his scheduled execution. Crawford's execution ...

A Texas judge has rescheduled the execution of a death row inmate who won a rare stay of execution last year as prison officials were poised to administer his lethal injection. Judge Austin Reeve ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Robert Roberson on Thursday morning. The order was issued one week before Roberson's execution was scheduled at the Texas State Penitentiary ...

A series of executions are set to take place across the United States in the coming week. Roy Ward’s execution in Indiana was the first of six scheduled to be carried out in six different states over ...

Lawyers for Robert Roberson questioned evidence about whether he shook his 2-year-old daughter to death. The state’s highest criminal court ordered a new look. By J. David Goodman Reporting from ...

Attorneys for a Mississippi death row inmate are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of execution.The execution for Charles Ray Crawford, 59, is set for Oct. 15. Crawford was sentenced to death ...

Update: On Thursday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed Roberson's execution that was scheduled for next week and sent the case back to the trial court. Read more here. Robert Roberson was ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Condemned man Roy Lee Ward has withdrawn the final two federal lawsuits that sought to delay his execution, effectively guaranteeing that his death sentence will be ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Two men were killed in an execution-style shooting near Philadelphia's Pennypack Park. Police got the call to Enfield and Solly Avenues in Holmesburg just after 4 a.m. Saturday.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block next week’s scheduled execution of Samuel Smithers for the murders of two women in Hillsborough County, rejecting arguments that he ...