Leo Bishop was pronounced dead at 6:14 pm CT at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. He was convicted of participating in the hammer slaying of Marcus James

(July 23, 2008)--Convicted killer Derrick Sonnier was executed Wednesday evening for the slayings of a woman and her young child at their suburban Houston

By ROSANNA RUIZ HUNTSVILLE - A man sent to death row for the stabbing deaths of a single mother and her 2-year-old son almost 20 years ago was given a lethal injection tonight while his victims' family looked on.
Derrick Sonnier, 40, was condemned for the 1991 deaths of Melody Flowers, 27, and her son Patrick Flowers, 2.

AP HUNTSVILLE, Texas: Condemned prisoner Derrick Sonnier was being returned to the Texas death house Wednesday, seven weeks after a court order spared him

By Kristin Edwards The first death row inmate granted a stay this year after an eight-month halt on lethal injection is scheduled for execution after 6 pm