All news on the topic: Death row

Casey McWhorter was put to death on Thursday after killing his friend's father in a robbery. His final meal was a strange one — he requested Turtles candies, a chocolate, pecan and caramel concoction

David Renteria, 53, received the lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, as he delivered a chilling final message of apology and forgiveness for those who calling for his death sentence

David Renteria was put to death on Thursday for the 2001 strangling and burning of 5-year-old Alexandra Flores, becoming the eighth death row inmate to be executed in 2023 in the state

An Alabama man was put to death on Thursday after being part of a conspiracy to rob and kill his friend's father. Before he died, he issued a dire warning to youth going through tough times mentally like he was in 1993

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS Lawrence Russell Brewer was sentenced to death for his part in the murder of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, Texas, in 1998, who was dragged to death behind a pickup truck

Casey McWhorter is set to be executed in Alabama today for killing Edward Lee Williams, 34, on February 18, 1993. He said he would encourage young people to take a moment before making a mistake

One man's last words have stood the test of time despite him making a simple complaint about the specific type of pasta in his death-row last meal. The Oklahoma prisoner used his last breath to criticise how his request for sppaggetti-os was substituted.

Michelle Hough was last seen going into an auto shop - but she was never seen coming out. Now, her body has been found, and the shop’s mechanic has been charged with capital murder

Kimberly McCarthy set a landmark in Texas as the 500th person to be executed since the death penalty was reinstated. And her final words may leave you a little intrigued…

Alabama Supreme Court has greenlighted Kenneth Smith's execution with 'nitrogen hypoxia', a cruel, previously untried method that could see him suffocating on his own vomit, suffering a 'drawn out and agonising death'

Alabama Supreme Court said death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith can be executed with nitrogen gas - a method which involves the inhalation of pure nitrogen to starve the body of oxygen

Arizona death row killer Bryan Patrick Miller has said he is unhappy with the food in jail and his cell is too cold. Dubbed the 'Zombie Hunter', he murdered two women in the 1990s

The cells are cold and the food is terrible on Death Row, says a convicted serial killer dubbed the 'Zombie Hunter,' who just made his way into isolation this year

Johnny Frank Garrett was executed in 1992 for the rape and murder of a nun - although many dispute the evidence found against him. Before his execution, he uttered chilling final words…

Jedidiah Murphy was put to death in Texas for the October 2000 fatal shooting of 80-year-old Bertie Lee Cunningham of the Dallas suburb of Garland

Jedidiah Murphy who is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday in Texas, has asked for his execution to be stopped as supplies of pentobarbital could be impotent

Reverend Dr Jeff Hood has described the harrowing final moments of Death Row killer Anthony Sanchez who was executed by lethal injection - and claims nurses are being tasked with carrying out a punishment that 'human beings shouldn't have to perform'

WARNING DISTURBING: In December 1991, Kim Ancona's lifeless body was found on the floor of the men's bathroom in the bar she worked at, covered in wounds and distinctive bite marks

The District Court for the Western District of Texas has ruled that Scott Panetti is not competent for execution because he has schizophrenia. Panetti murdered his in-laws in 1992

Anthony Sanchez maintained his innocence as was executed today saying 'I didn't kill anyone' in his final statement. He was sentenced to death for a 1996 crime

Death Row inmate Anthony Sanchez as executed today and enjoyed a hefty three-course dinner for his final meal - he was convicted of the rape and murder of Juli Busken but activists say his dad confessed to the crime

A death row inmate who was convicted of the rape and murder of 21-year-old ballerina Juli Busken in 1996 was put to death on Thursday morning despite controversial DNA evidence used in his conviction

Killer Anthony Sanchez is facing execution in Oklahoma today for the brutal murder of university student Juli Busken in 1996, despite repeated claims his dad did it

Murderer Jimmy L. Glass was executed in an electric chair in Louisiana on June 12, 1987, and just before dying the 25-year-old said he would rather be fishing

Alabama plans to execute death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith using nitrogen hypoxia - a never-before-used method where the body becomes starved of oxygen