"Tell my son hello," were the last words of Anthony Darrell Hines, who was put to death by lethal injection in Tennessee on Aug. 13, 2026.

A Florida man who admitted killing his girlfriend’s baby daughter nearly 30 years ago has finally been executed after his last-ditch appeals for clemency were rejected. Andrew Richard Lukehart, 53, ...

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’ ...