Wesley Ira Purkey was sentenced to death in 2020 for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, and the killing of an 80-year ...

This week, a 17-year hiatus on federal executions ended with the executions of Daniel Lewis Lee on Tuesday and Wesley Purkey Thursday morning. Both cases involved decades-old crimes and inmates ...

A man who had been on death row since 2004 ended up suffering an 'excruciating' execution after making a brutal 'mistake' ...