Death row killer executed for brutal double murder gave chilling four-word answer as final speech

The death row inmate was convicted of shooting to death two women in two separate incidents ... Smith was the fourth inmate to be executed in the US in 2024. Ivan Cantu, the second person executed ... Read More

Death row inmate execution was ‘heartbreaking’: Adviser

The execution of Michael Dewayne Smith was “heartbreaking” and lacked humanity, according to the Rev. Jeff Hood, Smith’s spiritual adviser. Thursday morning, Smith received a lethal injection at ... Read More

Serial killer survives his execution after 50 years on death row

Creech is one of the longest serving death row inmates in the US ... Federal Defender Services of Idaho “We are angered but not surprised that the State of Idaho botched the execution of Thomas ... Read More

Oklahoma set to execute death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith as he maintains his innocence for 2002 murders

An Oklahoma death row inmate ... be the first person executed in Oklahoma this year and the 12th inmate put to death since the state resumed executions in 2021 following a nearly seven-year ... Read More

Michael Smith on death row executed for savage double murder he denied as he was 'high on drugs'

A former gang member has been executed ... women's deaths and last month he was denied clemency by the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole who voted 4-1 against him. During a 15-minute video call from ... Read More

How many countries still have the death penalty, and how many people are executed?

Many prisoners spend years or even decades on death row before ... in the US has risen since 2021, it remains well below the 1999 peak. In 2023, Singapore executed the first woman for almost ... Read More

Oklahoma executes Michael Dewayne Smith, convicted of killing 2 people in 2002

CBS News contacted ... 43 prisoners on death row in Oklahoma. He was the first executed there this year, and the twelfth since the state resumed capital punishments after a seven-year break ... Read More

Oklahoma Death Row Inmate Executed For 2002 Double Murder

A man has been executed for murdering two women in separate shootings on the same day in 2002. Michael Smith was on death row for more than 20 years and was the first person executed in Oklahoma ... Read More

Tiffany Moss is the only woman on death row in Georgia

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Nearly five years after being convicted of murder in the death of her stepdaughter, Tiffany Moss remains the only woman on Georgia's death row. Should her death sentence be ... Read More

Georgia death row inmate to be executed after last-ditch appeal

has been on death row for the last 28 years after being convicted of the kidnap, robbery, rape and murder of 21-year-old Alicia Lynn Yarbrough back in 1993. He is scheduled to be executed by ... Read More

Oklahoma Judge Rules Death Row Inmate Not Competent to Be Executed

Oklahoma Judge Rules Death Row Inmate Not Competent to Be Executed OKLAHOMA CITY (AP ... “James has suffered from schizophrenia for nearly 40 years and has little connection to objective ... Read More

Death row killer’s flippant last three words before execution

Michael Dewayne Smith, 41, continued to plead innocence over his 20-year stint on death row (Picture ... asked if he had any last words before his execution in Oklahoma on Thursday. Read More