executions

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…

Last week, the Lone Star State concluded a record-breaking gap in executions, reports The Houston Press. Before last Wednesday, the State of Texas had…

In two weeks, Oklahoma will enter year two of its statewide stay on death-row executions, reports News 9.Despite the long delay, there’s still no evidence…

The Oklahoma grand jury tasked with looking into the state's troubled executions released its report last week, and the contents were troubling. The study…