Documents state that during the robbery, Matthew Johnson poured lighter fluid over the victim's head, even though she was opening the cash register. The 76-year-old was badly burned but described the ...

Death row inmate Matthew Lee Johnson made a chilling final request to his victim's family after he set elderly woman on fire.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is declining to give death row inmates a reprieve as they challenge the state’s new protocol for ...

Tennessee will execute Oscar Franklin Smith this week, while a lawsuit challenging the state’s new lethal injection protocol ...

Oscar Smith came within minutes of being executed before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a surprise reprieve that revealed ...

Eighteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 10 other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the ...

Matthew Lee Johnson was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday evening, marking the end of a 13-year legal process following his conviction for the murder o ...

A death row inmate made a chilling remark to his victim's family in his final statement before being executed.

Our politicians want tough-guy credit for killing killers, while detaching themselves from the reality of their decisions.

Oscar Franklin Smith is set to be executed by lethal injection for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife, 35-year-old Judith ...

Matthew Lee Johnson, 49, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He was condemned for the May 20, 2012, attack on 76-year-old Nancy Harris, who he doused with lighter ...