ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri death row prisoner who is due to be executed next month has been hospitalized because of a “medical emergency,” a spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Corrections said. David Hosier, 69, is scheduled to be put to death June 11 for killing a Jefferson City couple, Angela and Rodney … Read more
A judge in Harris County, Texas, the execution capital of the country, recommended earlier this month overturning a man’s death sentence, finding that he received ineffective legal assistance at trial. In a highly unusual 158-page court filing, Judge Natalia Cornelio found that Jeffery Prevost’s court-appointed lawyers unreasonably delayed their investigation into mitigating evidence — information … Read more
Alabama successfully executed a man who spent decades on death row using a new method called nitrogen hypoxia. DW delves into the method’s scientific and ethical implications.Kenneth Smith, 58, was convicted for his role in a murder in 1988 and sentenced to death.In 2022, Smith survived an attempted execution by lethal injection when his executioners … Read more
Alabama carried out the first-ever execution by nitrogen gas Thursday, killing 58-year-old Kenneth Smith just over a year after he survived a failed lethal injection. Smith “appeared to shake and writhe on the gurney, sometimes pulling on the restraints” for at least two minutes, followed by several minutes of heavy breathing, according to The Associated … Read more
HOUSTON: A Texas man who spent more than 30 years on death row for a murder he committed during a robbery when he was 19 was executed on Thursday.Brent Brewer, 53, was put to death by lethal injection at 6:38 pm Central Time (0038 GMT) at the Texas State Penitentiary in the town of Huntsville, … Read more
SAN QUENTIN – A former Peninsula police officer convicted of murdering six people in his Burlingame warehouse in the early 1980s died of natural causes last week, authorities said. Anthony “Jack” Sully, 79, was pronounced dead around 2:20 a.m. Friday at a medical facility outside of the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, where he was housed, … Read more