Boise, Idaho – The recent botched execution attempt of serial killer Thomas Creech has sparked debate and raised questions about the future of capital punishment in Idaho. Creech, Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate, narrowly escaped death when medical staff were unable to establish a vein for the lethal injection, causing his death warrant to expire. … Read more
McAlester, Oklahoma: The state of Oklahoma carried out its first execution of the year as 41-year-old Michael Dewayne Smith was executed via lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Smith was convicted for the shooting deaths of Indian national Sharath Pulluru and Janet Moore in 2002, with the prosecutor stating that justice has been served … Read more
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – The state of Oklahoma recently carried out its first execution in 2024, administering a lethal injection to Michael Dewayne Smith, a man convicted of a double murder. Smith, 41, was sentenced to death for the killings of Janet Moore and Sarath Babu Pulluru during a drug-fueled crime spree in Oklahoma City … Read more
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is set to proceed with an execution on Thursday for a man convicted of a double murder more than two decades ago. Michael DeWayne Smith, 41, faces the possibility of becoming the fourth inmate in the nation to be put to death this year, following executions in Alabama, Texas, and Georgia. Smith’s … Read more
Atlanta, Georgia – A Georgia man, Willie James Pye, is scheduled to be executed Wednesday evening for the kidnapping, murder, and rape of his former girlfriend, Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. Pye, 59, was convicted in 1996 and is set to be put to death using pentobarbital at 7 p.m. local time, making him the first person … Read more
Boise, Idaho – The scheduled execution of Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in Idaho, was unexpectedly halted after prison officials encountered difficulties with the administration of his lethal injection. Creech, who has been convicted of five murders and is suspected of several more, was set to be executed at a … Read more
ATMORE, ALABAMA – On the evening of January 2, 2024, the state of Alabama conducted the execution of death row inmate Kenneth Smith, 58, using a method that had never before been used to put human beings to death. Smith was left writhing in apparent agony for at least two minutes before he finally succumbed, … Read more
Houston, Texas – A 24-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of a registered sex offender, whom he allegedly targeted through a social media app. James Lewis Spencer III was taken into custody by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force without incident, according to authorities. The arrest comes after the discovery of the … Read more
New York, NY – The murder trial of two men accused in the fatal shooting of influential hip-hop DJ Jam Master Jay has finally begun, more than two decades after the musician’s death. Born Jason Mizell, the DJ for the popular group Run-DMC was killed in a recording studio in 2002. His godson, Karl Jordan … Read more
Alabama, USA – The recent execution of Kenneth Smith in Alabama has sparked controversy and raised concerns over the use of nitrogen gas as a method of lethal injection. The Rev Jeff Hood, a Catholic chaplain who ministered to Smith, described the execution as the “worst thing” he had ever witnessed, citing the prolonged suffering … Read more