And in a strange final string of words, Towery was heard to say: "Potato, potato, potato." This was a way to send a message ...

A Florida man convicted of fatally stabbing his cousin’s girlfriend and the couple’s 4-year-old daughter was put to death Thursday evening, the seventh person executed by the state this year. Richard ...

Strapped to a gurney, moments from death, prisoners in Texas’ execution chamber have been asked a solemn question for as long as the state has administered lethal injections: Do you have a last ...

An NBC News analysis of every final statement shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others are defiant. And many seek salvation. Strapped to a gurney, moments from death, prisoners in Texas’ ...