Death row inmate
‘I’m at peace’- Texas inmate who strangled church pastor says before his execution in front of wife
A Texas inmate who strangled and suffocated a pastor inside his own church years ago revealed at the brink of his execution that he had ‘found peace’ and was ‘ready to go home.’ Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed by lethal injection with his wife and dog looking on before his death. 37-year-old Nelson said: ‘let’s…
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Texas mother on death row for 16 years declared ‘actually innocent’ in daughter’s death
Melissa Elizabeth Lucio, a death row inmate convicted of murdering her toddler daughter, is...
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Outrage on execution of Marcellus Williams after Governor and state Supreme Court rejected bids to save him
Outrage is sweeping across the U.S. following the execution of Marcellus Williams, a death...
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Death row inmate to determine how to die as South Carolina carries out first execution in 13 years
A South Carolina death row inmate, Freddie Eugene Owens, will be given the choice of lethal...
