Ziegler was convicted of a quadruple 1975 Orange County murder and has been on death row ever since. He has long maintained his innocence.

Opponents of capital punishment on Friday called on Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to reverse Arkansas' decision to allow nitrogen suffocation as a method of execution, calling the method inhumane and barbaric and asserting that states that have approved the method haven't weighed the consequences.

Ralph Menzies has vascular dementia. His lawyers say let him fade away. The victim's family says: execute him. Utah's parole board will now decide whether to commute the death row inmate's sentence.

Kayle Bates, who's from West Palm Beach, is scheduled to be executed on Aug. 19 for the murder of Janet Renee White.

A judge Thursday denied a motion to reconsider Ralph Leroy Menzies' competency. Now a commutation hearing currently underway for Menzies may be his last chance to avoid execution.

The Daily Beast faced backlash for publishing an article criticizing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over executions of convicted murderers and rapists who happened to also be veterans.

Scotty Gardner, an admitted murderer, has asked the state of Arkansas to restart executions to complete his death sentence.

Attorneys for a defendant facing the death penalty have intervened in the petition attempting to restrict Washington County’s district attorney from pursuing capital murder cases, arguing he should not be afforded special counsel to help him respond to the complaint.

A neighbor will testify that he witnessed the defendant waving a gun and threatening the victim, a prosecutor told the jury.

Although the capital sentence was "legally sound", the Cabinet recommended granting clemency to "reduce the disparity" with the sentence in another case.