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 ...

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

Courtesy Kansas Department of Corrections A 45-year-old Kansas inmate serving two life sentences ... The cause behind Cott’s death is unknown and is being investigated by the Kansas Bureau ...

That execution method is the state’s preferred means. In early April, Smith and death row inmate Byron Black asked Gov. Bill Lee for a reprieve on death row executions because of the state's ...

A death row inmate suffered an excruciating execution ... Purkey's first victim, Jennifer Long, was last seen at East High School in Kansas City, Missouri, on January 22, 1998, before she disappeared.