Once days away from a firing squad execution, Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies has died of natural causes

Ralph Menzies was once just days away from death by firing squad. The death row inmate died of natural causes on Wednesday.

Florida carries out record 16th execution of the year, for child murderer sentenced to death in 1980

A man convicted of the 1979 killing of a six-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom has been put to death in a record 16th execution in Florida this year.

Man executed by firing squad in South Carolina for deaths of 3 people in 2004

Stephen Bryant is the seventh person put to death in the state in the last 14 months after a 13-year pause in executions.
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Florida sets execution date for gunman in home invasion robbery

A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and woman during home invasion robbery and later confessing to three other killings ...