Roy Ward’s execution in Illinois was the 35th in the U.S. in 2025, with Florida leading the way with 13 executions this year.

The Indiana Parole Board had cited the "brutal nature" of Ward's crimes against 15-year-old Stacy Payne. Ward's attorney, Indiana Deputy Public Defender Joanna Green, said she's "very disppointed" in ...

30 years after her horrific crime, the Tennessee Supreme Court said the 49-year-old will face capital punishment on 30 ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court on Tuesday scheduled what would be the first execution of a woman in Tennessee in over 200 years.

Gov. Mike DeWine has issued reprieves for two death row inmates who were scheduled to be executed early next year. The governor has ordered that Antonio Franklin and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl is set to be put to death on Oct. 10. Roy Lee Ward has been on death row for more than 20 years ...

Florida’s death penalty laws come under scrutiny as the state ramps up executions. Amid a record-breaking year for executions in Florida, death penalty reform campaigners press for changes to the ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, was fatally stabbed on Aug. 22 on the light rail line in Charlotte’s South End.

A federal judge on Thursday agreed to briefly stay the execution of Lisa Montgomery, the lone woman on federal death row, after her attorneys fell ill with COVID-19 and were unable to file a timely ...