A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm as the couple’s toddler looked on was put to death Thursday in the state’s first execution of the year. James Dennis Ford, 64, was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, state officials said. Ford…
A Texas man who killed his strip club manager and another man, then later prompted a massive lockdown of the state prison system when he used a cellphone smuggled onto death row to threaten a lawmaker, was executed Thursday night. Richard Lee Tabler, 46, was given a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville….
Arizona has scheduled an execution date for a condemned inmate whose death sentence the state originally planned to carry out in early 2023. This would mark Arizona’s first execution since then, if is carried out as intended. Aaron Brian Gunches was convicted in 2007 of fatally shooting his girlfriend’s ex-husband, Ted Price, five years earlier…
Louisiana will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, forging ahead on plans set in motion last spring to carry out death sentences using nitrogen hypoxia. The office of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry released a summary of the state’s updated execution protocol on Monday alongside a pledge to move forward with the death penalty for the…
An Alabama inmate convicted of murdering a woman after breaking into her apartment as she slept was put to death Thursday evening in the nation’s fourth execution using nitrogen gas. Demetrius Frazier, 52, was pronounced dead at 6:36 p.m. CST at a south Alabama prison for his murder conviction in the 1991 rape and killing…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered lower courts to review the case of the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row over concerns that prosecutors’ discussion of her sexual history rendered her trial unfair in the murder of her estranged husband. The court, over two dissenting votes, threw out a federal appeals court ruling that upheld…
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu is doubling down on wide-ranging reforms aimed at improving the economy and people’s livelihood. His determination to overcome the prevailing difficulties and build a brighter future under the national development framework is a positive response to the aspirations of the public and the country. But the challenging geopolitical environment and…