Boise, Idaho – The recent botched execution attempt of serial killer Thomas Creech in late February has raised significant questions about the future of capital punishment in Idaho. The Idaho Department of Correction reported that medical staff were unable to establish a vein to insert the IV line for the lethal injection, leading to the … Read more
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Death penalty opponents in Oklahoma are facing the looming execution of Tremane Wood, a man who is set to be put to death despite not being the actual killer in the crime for which he was convicted. Wood has been on Oklahoma’s Death Row since 2004, following his involvement in a … Read more
Jefferson City, Missouri – The state of Missouri carried out the execution of Brian Dorsey on Tuesday for the 2006 murders of his cousin and her husband, following unsuccessful attempts to spare his life. Dorsey, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. through a lethal injection, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. Hours after … Read more
Citronelle, Alabama – Derrick Dearman, a convicted killer responsible for the brutal slayings of five individuals in south Alabama, has openly admitted his guilt. Dearman, sentenced to death row in 2018 for the murders, has made the decision to forego any further appeals of his conviction and death sentence, expressing a readiness to accept his … Read more
McAlester, Oklahoma: In a significant development in Oklahoma, the state carried out its first execution of the year by administering lethal injection to a 41-year-old man for the murder of two individuals, including an Indian national back in 2002. The executed man, Michael Dewayne Smith, faced the death penalty for the killings of Indian store … Read more
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – The state of Oklahoma recently carried out its first execution of the year, administering a lethal injection to Michael Dewayne Smith, a man convicted of a double murder in 2002. Smith, who was 19 at the time of the crime, killed Janet Moore and Sarath Babu Pulluru during a drug-fueled crime … Read more
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is preparing to carry out the execution of Michael DeWayne Smith, convicted of fatally shooting two individuals in the city over 20 years ago. This would mark the state’s first execution of the year and the 12th since capital punishment was reinstated in 2021. Smith, 41, is set to receive a lethal … Read more
Boise, Idaho – The planned execution of Thomas Eugene Creech, one of Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmates, was abruptly called off after prison officials encountered difficulties administering a lethal injection on Wednesday. Creech, 73, who has been convicted of five murders and suspected of several more, was scheduled to be executed at a maximum-security prison … Read more
JACKSON, Georgia — In a somber event that marked the state’s first execution in over four years, Willie James Pye, 59, was put to death Wednesday evening. Pye was convicted of the abduction, rape, and shooting death of his former girlfriend, Alicia Lynn Yarbrough, back in November 1993. The lethal injection of pentobarbital was administered … Read more
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – A Georgia man is facing execution on Wednesday evening for the murder of his former girlfriend, after his last-minute clemency plea was denied by a judge. Willie James Pye, 59, was convicted in the summer of 1996 for the kidnapping, murder, and rape of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. Scheduled to be executed using … Read more