Freddie Owens, a death row inmate convicted in the 1997 killing of a convenience store clerk during a robbery, was executed by lethal injection Friday. It was South Carolina's first execution since 20 ...

South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years for the murder of a convenience store clerk in 1997.

Jesse Motte, right, protests the planned execution of Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, in Columbia, S.C.

Robert Roberson’s legal team was joined at a press conference that included Kate Judson, executive director of The Center for ...

Five death row inmates in the U.S. are expected to be executed in the coming days, potentially bringing the total for the year to 18. The upcoming executions are scheduled for Friday, Tuesday and ...

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and Governor Abbott should grant clemency to Robert Roberson, who is scheduled to die ...

She was given Phenergan — a drug that the FDA now warns against prescribing to some children — and sent home, according to court documents. Her fever rose to dangerous levels the next day, and her dad ...

A bipartisan coalition of 86 Texas House representatives is asking the state for clemency in the case of Robert Roberson.

State Senator John Whitmire said Brewer was trying to 'make a mockery' of the system with his ridiculous final meal order.

Robert Roberson was convicted in 2002 of shaking his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki, to death at his home in Palestine, Texas. Shaken baby syndrome is a controversial child abuse theory that has since ...

A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked ...