Since executions resumed in Sept. 2024, seven men have been executed by lethal injection and firing squad in South Carolina.
15 MINUTES. CAMERON. YEAH, BACK TO THE BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. OKLAHOMA DEATH ROW INMATE TRAMAINE WOOD WAS JUST SAVED FROM EXECUTION AT THE LAST MINUTE. A DRAMATIC MOVE FROM GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT ...
Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs.
Scott Panetti, who lent his name to a landmark Supreme Court case that protects seriously mentally ill people from being executed, died on death row in Texas in May, despite a federal judge’s ruling ...
This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.
This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...
Scott Panetti, whose Supreme Court case protects the seriously mentally ill from execution, died of natural causes on death row in Texas. Texas spent 30 years attempting to execute Panetti, despite ...