Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Minnesota has no death penalty, but capital punishment is legal under federal law. Boelter, 57, of Green Isle, Minn., is charged with six federal crimes, including stalking and murder, in the ...

Death penalty case against man charged in lawmaker shootings would be rare in Minnesota history Story by Jeff Day and Sarah Nelson, The Minnesota Star Tribune • 1w ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., (AP) — A Tennessee judge did not have the authority to give Pervis Payne, who was formerly on death row, concurrent sentences of life in prison after ruling that he was ...

The Atlantic staff writer Elizabeth Bruenig talks about her decision to serve as a witness to state-sanctioned executions, and what she's learned about mercy, faith and the possibility of redemption.

A Tennessee judge did not have the authority to give Pervis Payne, who was formerly on death row, concurrent sentences of life in prison after ruling that he was intellectually disabled and could ...