In June, Wilson, a 30-year-old double murderer, was found guilty in the 2019 slayings of Cape Coral, Florida, women Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, 43.
A jury found Finnegan, 56, guilty on two counts of first-degree murder, criminally negligent homicide, aggravated rape, and a slew of other charges, for the 2019 death of Paxton, prosecutors said.
In total, the 'Save Wade Steven Wilson' FUNDLY campaign has raised more than $70,000. A woman donated a whopping $24,000 to a fundraiser aimed at saving convicted killer Wade Wilson from the death penalty and affording him a new defense team.
Loran Cole, now 57, would later go on to murder 18-year-old Florida State University student John Edwards, and rape his sister, 21-year-old Pam Edwards, during a brother-sister camping trip in Ocala National Forest, in 1994.
Convicted murderer, Christopher Wilkins was executed via lethal injection earlier today in the State of Texas. This marks the 539th inmate executed in the State and first for the year 2017. There are still 8 more inmates scheduled for execution early this year.
Republican-controlled Senate may approve the legislation into law, bringing back the electric chair as Virginia's default method of execution, due to the difficulty of obtaining the drugs used in lethal injections.
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman may face trial in Brooklyn, New York which has the strongest drug-trafficking case against the alleged Sinaloa drug cartel leader.
The Shelby County district attorney's office filed on Monday thd notice of its intent to seek death in the trial of 30-year-old Tremaine Wilbourn, an ex-convict accused of killing Officer Sean Bolton.
Utah bill was approved 6-3 by lawmakers that gives the death penalty to someone convicted of human trafficking if their victim dies. Opponents of the death penalty called said bill as expensive and excessive.
Georgia is set to execute its oldest death row inmate Tuesday, after a federal appeals court refused to hear a challenge to the law governing lethal injection.
Missouri prosecutors will have the murder case of Reginald Clemons re-tried. Clemons, along with three others, were charged of rape and first-degree murder of sisters Julie and Robin Kerry in 1991.
James Freeman is the second man to be placed in the death row through lethal injection for killing a Texas game warden in 2007. The accused fatally wounded Hurst in a shootout as officers tried to take him into custody.
Death penalty of juveniles in Iran is taken under the micriscope by Amnesty International. The group is aiming to lessen the punishment of these offenders.
California advocates and opponents sparred over the new proposed protocol for lethal injection on public hearing last week. Advocates urged the protocol adoption which could resume executions in the state after a 10-year hiatus.
Christopher E. Brooks was executed Thursday night for being convicted of rape and murder. The Supreme Court upheld Alamaba jury's decision to put Brooks to death by lethal injection.
The Supreme Court has ruled Florida's death penalty system unconstitutional. 390 inmates on Florida's death row is expecting to appeal for resentencing.
