Mississippi governor will not stop execution of death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford

Gov. Tate Reeves will not step in to stop the execution of a man convicted of raping and killing a college student more than ...

State's longest-serving death row inmate dies after 42 years in jail

Fred Singleton, 81, was sentenced to die in 1983 for raping and strangling a woman in Newberry County and stealing her ...

MS death row inmate Charles Crawford execution set Oct. 15. What we know before

Charles Ray Crawford, 59, has been on death row for over 30 years. He is set to be executed Oct. 15 in Mississippi. Here's ...

New Death Row Execution Spree Underway Across America

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.

S.C.’s longest-serving death row inmate dies in prison

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The longest-serving inmate on South Carolina’s death row died in prison this week. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said 81-year-old Fred Singleton died of ...

Texas court halts execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, who claims innocence in shaken baby death

A Texas court has again granted a stay of execution to death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has long claimed he is innocent ...

U.S. resets execution date for only woman on federal death row

The U.S. Department of Justice has rescheduled the execution of Lisa Montgomery, a convicted murderer and the only woman on federal death row, to take place on Jan. 12, a few days before Joe Biden is ...

Texas lawmakers visit Robert Roberson on death row ahead of Oct. 16 execution date

The case has drawn attention from lawmakers and advocates who question whether Roberson received a fair trial based on the ...

Three Egyptian policemen, four militants killed in prison break attempt

Three Egyptian policemen were killed while preventing four Islamist militants on death row fleeing a Cairo prison on Wednesday, the interior ministry said.