executions

The Autism Society of Texas and the Autism Society of America have issued an open letter urging Texas officials to stop the scheduled October 16 execution of Robert Roberson, a man with autism who was sentenced to death in 2003 for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki.

Oklahoma's next execution may not go forward as originally planned. Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking Oklahoma's appeals court to switch the order of people scheduled to be killed.

George John Hanson was executed in McAlester, Oklahoma Thursday morning, following his recent transfer to the state by the Trump administration.

Jemaine Cannon was put to death for the 1995 murder of a Tulsa woman.

Jemaine Cannon, 51, is set to die for the 1995 murder of Sharonda White Clark. Cannon will be the second person Oklahoma has put to death this year and the ninth since the state resumed executions in 2021.

Oklahoma’s Court of Criminal Appeals says Richard Glossip should be executed on May 18.

Acknowledging substantive questions about Lucio’s guilt and the fairness of her conviction, the appeals court blocked her Wednesday execution so the case can be further investigated.

Earlier this year, Wesley Ira Purkey and Keith Dwayne Nelson were put to death by the federal government.

Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has joined the fast-growing calls from Texas lawmakers and A-list celebrities to take a closer look at the death sentence...

A study by the Death Penalty Information Center found that death sentences and executions dropped to historic lows in 2016.According to a press release…