A judge has ruled that Ralph Leroy Menzies is competent enough to be executed for the 1986 kidnapping and death of a Utah woman. Her son said her family is pleased by the ruling.

A reprieve was Smith's last legal avenue to avoid execution. The Tennessee Department of Correction served Smith his last meal at 5:30 p.m. May 21, according to spokesperson Dorinda Carter.

Arizona executed a death-row inmate Thursday for molesting and fatally bludgeoning a 9-year-old girl in a case that spread fear through the quiet mountain community of Flagstaff and the rest of ...

FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - A man who raped and killed a 13-year-old Tempe girl in 1984, then took part in her search and attended her funeral was executed by lethal ...