Live updates: Florida execution of Melvin Trotter for 1986 convenience store murder

Melvin Trotter was sentenced to death for the brutal 1986 murder of Virgie Langford during a convenience store robbery in ...

Arkansas death row inmate to get hearing on whether he can end appeals

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an ...

Death row inmate, 65, executed for killing Florida grocery store owner

Death row inmate’s final meal before being executed for Florida grocery store killing - His attorneys argued his advanced age of 65 should have exempted him from execution ...

Oklahoma executes death row inmate Kendrick Simpson for 2006 double murder

Kendrick Simpson, who killed two people during a 2006 drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City, was executed Thursday morning at ...
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Florida Supreme Court clears way for February 24 execution of Melvin Trotter

The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday that paves the way for the execution of Melvin Trotter, a 65-year-old ...
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Death row executions nearly doubled this year. Here's where and why

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...
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What is it like to be a death row executioner

Death row is serious business, and those who work behind the scenes to administer the lethal injection have a stressful job, but what about back in the day, when people were executed by swinging an ...