A reprieve was Smith's last legal avenue to avoid execution. The Tennessee Department of Correction served Smith his last meal at 5:30 p.m. May 21, according to spokesperson Dorinda Carter.

On his final day in office, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced the reopening of Thalia Mara Hall, nearly 10 months after ...

A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

Twenty-five men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Six other people are scheduled to be put to death in five states during the remainder ...

Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...