Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The State Newspaper reporter Ted Clifford was a media witness to the execution by firing squad of Stephen Bryant. Bryant pleaded ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and how it is waiting for execution on Texas' death row. HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A ...

A North Korean escapee told a Paris congress she first witnessed a public execution at age 9, highlighting Pyongyang's death ...

MIAMI — John S. Koch, a radio reporter in North Florida, has been witnessing state executions since the serial killer Ted Bundy’s in 1989, not missing one in nearly 37 years. He has never been busier.

In January 2024, spiritual advisor Reverend Jeff Hood stood witness in Alabama to the country's first nitrogen execution. It was a horrific experience, he says, like watching a goldfish out of water, ...

John Koch’s colleagues know him by a different name: Dr. Death. The radio news journalist has witnessed over 100 executions since the start of his career 50 years ago, according to his own count. He ...

Ms. DeLiberato has represented defendants in death penalty cases for nearly 20 years. Last month, I walked into Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to watch the State of Tennessee kill my client, ...

There is, of course, something odd about using the word dignity to describe what happens when the state kills one of its ...