Text messages between members of a Georgia family allegedly show them discussing how deep to dig a hole to dispose of the bodies of two children they allegedly murdered.
Tennessee executed Oscar Smith after years of delays, with the 75-year-old using his final words to denounce the justice system and insult the governor.
A man convicted of murdering a South Carolina police officer will face execution by firing squad after the state's highest court denied his final appeal.
The survivor of a deadly Oklahoma home invasion said she intends to watch the man who attacked her and another woman die, hoping that it will bring closure and that she will "never think of him again."