A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution ...

Ukrainian prosecutors have launched an investigation into an alleged Russian execution of a Ukrainian soldier found dead with a sword inscribed with “for Kursk” in his body, in an apparent act ...

South Carolina executed Freddie Eugene Owens in the shooting death of a convenience store clerk on Friday as his mother begged state officials to reconsider, saying they were committing a "grave ...

If it moves forward, it will be the state's first execution in 13 years and the 14th execution in the nation this year. It's also the first of five executions the United States is carrying out in ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Supreme Court has again refused to stop the execution of inmate Freddie Owens who is set to die Friday by lethal injection. The justices ruled Thursday ...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is encouraging Missouri to halt the planned execution of death row inmate Marcellus Williams. On Wednesday, the NAACP sent a ...

Owens also petitioned for a stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court. South Carolina's governor and corrections director swiftly filed a reply, stating the high court should reject Owens ...

READ MORE |Co-defendant claims SC inmate Freddie Owens is innocent on eve of execution In his statement, Golden says that Owens was "not actually there" and that he fabricated his testimony due to ...

One report says, “The first 2,400-volt of electricity shooting through Stinney’s body caused the death mask that covered his face — which, again, was made for an adult — to slip off, revealing the ...

On Friday, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied taking up Owens’ emergency federal appeal to halt the execution. This comes one day after the South Carolina Supreme Court denied a ...