Texas to execute man for 2004 murders of strip club manager and friend
Texas is scheduled to execute a man convicted of killing two men as part of a 2004 dispute with his boss at a strip club, and ...
‘It’s a really heavy loss’: Friends mourns aspiring musician killed in Franklin shooting
Heart are heavy across the Franklin community as they mourn a man killed in a shooting Tuesday night. The Franklin Police ...
Louisiana, Arizona end pauses on capital punishment as 3 executions set for March
Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men.
A Tennessee inmate on death row says he is on hunger strike over medical care and other issues
A Tennessee death row prisoner declared a hunger strike on Wednesday, saying he was protesting issues with medical care, the ...
Judges could deny bond for certain violent offenders under proposed constitutional amendment
Since the measure would change the constitution, it would need to pass the legislature a second time before going on the ...
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The Prisoner Who Planted a Church on Death Row
Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...
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The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...
South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
South Carolina went 13 years between executions before restarting them last year in part because the state couldn't obtain drugs for lethal injections. A shield law passed in 2023 keeps private the ...
Alabama executes Demetrius Frazier by nitrogen gas for 1991 rape, murder
Alabama executed murderer and rapist Demetrius Terrance Frazier by nitrogen gas at 6 p.m. Thursday. He was convicted in the ...