An Oklahoma man convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of his former stepdaughter was executed Thursday morning at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. According to FOX News Digital, Richard Rojem Jr., 66, was administered a three-drug lethal injection and pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. On July 7, 1984, police found Layla Cummings’ mutilated …
The state of Georgia executed its first inmate in more than four years Wednesday night, putting to death a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend nearly three decades ago. Willie James Pye, 59, made no final statement but accepted a prayer from a clergyman before the state injected pentobarbital into his veins. The clergy member …
Kenneth Eugene Smith convulsed for four minutes Thursday night as the state of Alabama carried out the first ever execution by nitrogen gas. Smith, convicted in 1996 of carrying out the 1989 murder-for hire of Elizabeth Sennett, was pronounced dead just before 8:30 p.m., the Montgomery Advertiser reported. Sennett’s husband, Church of Christ pastor Charles …
Alabama’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a death row inmate seeking to stop the state’s first-in-the-nation nitrogen hypoxia execution. The state tried but failed to execute Kenneth Eugene Smith in November by lethal injection, then announced it was ready to try the experimental execution in which the condemned man will breathe pure nitrogen …
A Texas death row inmate who kidnapped and strangled a 5-year-old girl was executed Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined requests for a stay. According to AP News, David Renteria, 53, died on Thursday night, following the November 2001 abduction and murder of Alexandra Flores. Renteria was convicted of strangling Flores after taking her …
A convicted Mississippi killer reportedly shared a message before his execution for the brutal rape and murder of Leesa Gray, a 16-year-old girl he attacked when stopping to help her with a flat tire. According to officials, Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., 58, was remorseful for his actions before the Mississippi Department of Corrections executed him …
A lawyer said on Monday that an Alabama inmate could be killed next week via nitrogen hypoxia, marking the first time this method would be used to carry out an execution. Alan Miller, 57, requested to die via nitrogen hypoxia instead of lethal injection in 2018, when inmates were allowed to challenge the manner in …
A Texas death row inmate has filed a lawsuit against prison officials, who reportedly refused to allow a pastor to lay hands on him during his execution. The attorneys for death row inmate, John Henry Ramirez, 37, filed a lawsuit in Corpus Christi Tuesday, which asked a federal judge to allow Dana Moore, pastor of …
Federal prosecutors announced the intention to seek the death penalty against a man accused of murdering a Fort Campbell soldier. NBC 6 reports that Victor Everette Silvers has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Spc. Brittney Silvers. On October 14, 2018, Silver allegedly shot and killed Brittney at home. She was …
A federal appeals court has lifted the execution stay for Lisa Montgomery, the only female on federal death row. As CrimeOnline previously reported, U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss previously vacated an order that scheduled Montgomery for execution on January 12, which was a new date after the court rescheduled her first execution, which was set …
An Indiana death row inmate is pushing to stay at her current prison. She’s scheduled to be transferred to an all-male prison for execution. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 43-year-old Lisa Montgomery, an inmate at the all-female Federal Medical Center-Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, is scheduled for death by legal injection on January 12. The only …
