Man convicted of 2 killings decades ago is the 14th person executed in Florida this year

Samuel Lee Smithers, convicted of killing two women whose bodies were found in a rural pond in 1996, was put to death Tuesday evening in a record 14th execution this year in Florida.

Their dads were on death row in Missouri. Here’s how they faced goodbyes & grief

The children of Lance Shockley, Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams Sr. and Kevin Johnson shed light on oft-forgotten experiences.

Mississippi executes man convicted of raping and killing a college student

A Mississippi man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 20-year-old community college student was put to death ...

Florida carries out record 14th execution this year on man convicted of killing 2 women

Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, ...

Four men are set for execution this week. It's the busiest death penalty month since 2011.

Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ambushed in his driveway.

Leavenworth woman sentenced in 1-year-old’s 2023 death and child endangerment case

Liberti N. Figueroa, 24, was sentenced to probation after being convicted of aggravated child endangerment in the 2023 death ...
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Shockley Denied Clemency – Execution Completed Tuesday

A man convicted of killing a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper in 2005 is dead after being executed by lethal injection Tuesday night at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional ...