An obese man on death row in Georgia has requested a buffet-style spread consisting of high-calorie meats and other treats for his last meal. Stacey Humphreys, 52, is scheduled to be executed by ...

An obese Georgia death row inmate requested a greasy, gluttonous buffet-style spread packed with thousands of calories for his last meal, scheduled for next week. Stacey Humphreys, 52, will be put to ...

Duncan was convicted in 1998 of the 1993 rape and murder of his then-girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, Haley Oliveaux. But in post-conviction proceedings, Duncan’s legal team raised significant ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Verite News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Jimmie “Chris” ...

On this date in 1996, Death Row Records released its first and only Christmas album, a holiday project that arrived during one of the most painful moments in the label’s history. The compilation ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida’s longest-serving death row inmate is trying to convince a judge to let him get a new trial. Tommy Zeigler claims new evidence supports his innocence. Zeigler, who has been on ...

At 44 executions and three more on the schedule, 2025 is on track to be the deadliest year on American death rows in more than a decade. Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death ...

A Louisiana man who spent 27 years on death row was released on bail after his murder conviction was overturned earlier this year in the 1993 death of his girlfriend’s toddler, his lawyers said. The ...

Read full article: Judge demands DNA evidence list in Tommy Zeigler case Death row inmate William "Tommy” Zeigler, photographed at age 75. WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – For the first time in decades, a judge ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly 30 years on death row walked out of prison Wednesday after a judge overturned his conviction and granted him bail. Jimmie Duncan, now in his 60s, was sentenced to ...

A Louisiana inmate who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail after his conviction was overturned. Jimmie Duncan was convicted of the first-degree murder of 23-month-old ...

A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of apparent natural causes, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.