Texas' highest criminal court on Thursday blocked Robert Roberson’s execution a week before it was set to take place, sending his case back to trial court. Roberson was convicted of capital murder in ...
Samuel L. Smithers' final appeal to halt his execution has reached the nation's highest court, one day after the Florida Supreme Court affirmed his death sentence. Smithers' attorneys filed a petition ...
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to block next week’s scheduled execution of Samuel Smithers for the murders of two women in Hillsborough County, rejecting arguments that he ...