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.

Oscar Franklin Smith was served his last meal on May 21 ahead of his execution scheduled for 10 a.m. the next morning.

California currently has 574 individuals on death row, the most in the nation, while being the most populous U.S. state.

Our taxpayer dollars are once again being squandered on prisoners in death-row stasis. Just recently, a judge once again declared an inmate was fit for execution (after 37 years) and competent to ...

The court had earlier vacated Darrell Robinson's conviction and death sentence in a brutal quadruple murder in Rapides Parish but reversed itself in December. The court ruled Friday to keep ...

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.