Feb 28 Idaho set to execute 73-year-old Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the nation’s longest-serving death row inmates By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press He is one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S. who has been imprisoned since 1974 and convicted of five murders in three states and suspected of several more. Continue reading
Jan 27 An eyewitness account of what happened at the nation’s 1st nitrogen gas execution By Kim Chandler, Associated Press As witnesses watched through a window, Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to die in the 1988 murder-for hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett, convulsed on a gurney as Alabama carried out the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas. Continue reading
Jan 26 U.S. at front of death penalty debate after Alabama execution uses nitrogen gas, the first ever By Kim Chandler, Associated Press A man who was paid $1,000 to kill an Alabama woman more than 30 years ago has been put to death with pure nitrogen gas, a first-of-its-kind execution that again placed the United States at the forefront of the debate… Continue reading
Jan 25 Man sentenced to death for arson attack at Japanese anime studio that killed 36 By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Aoba stormed into Kyoto Animation's No. 1 studio on July 18, 2019, and set it on fire in an attack that shocked Japan and drew an outpouring of grief from anime fans worldwide. Continue reading
Jan 25 Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, new method critics call cruel and experimental By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Kenneth Eugene Smith is scheduled to die Thursday night for his conviction in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of Elizabeth Sennett. Continue reading
Jan 21 Watch 5:37 Why Alabama’s plan to execute a prisoner using nitrogen gas is raising concerns By John Yang, Winston Wilde, Azhar Merchant Unless the courts intervene, a death-row inmate in Alabama is scheduled on Thursday to become the first person in the U.S. to be executed using an untested method: nitrogen hypoxia. Alabama’s solicitor general has called it “painless and humane,” but… Continue watching
Dec 01 For the first time, more Americans believe death penalty is applied unfairly, report finds By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press Whether the public’s waning support for the death penalty and the declining number of executions and death sentences will ultimately result in the abolition of capital punishment in the U.S. remains uncertain, experts said. Continue reading
Aug 03 Watch 3:59 News Wrap: Tree of Life synagogue gunman sentenced to death In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge formally imposed the death penalty on the gunman who killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the U.S. military is said to be mulling a major new move… Continue watching
Jul 22 Watch 5:31 Oklahoma death row prisoner’s case reignites debate over capital punishment By Adam Kemp, Andrew Corkery, Harry Zahn Death row prisoner Richard Glossip has been scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma nine times since 2015. The courts have delayed his execution each time so that legal challenges could be considered. Now, Glossip is asking the Supreme Court to… Continue watching
Jul 19 Watch 6:17 Jurors weigh death penalty or life in prison for Pittsburgh synagogue killer By John Yang, Murrey Jacobson, Karina Cuevas The 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 people is considered to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. A federal jury convicted the gunman of 63 charges, including 11 counts of… Continue watching