A US man who claims to be immortal has been deemed too mentally ill to be executed, after spending over two decades on death row. John Richard Wood was sentenced to death after killing state trooper Eric Nicholson during a traffic stop during a traffic stop in December 2000 in the state of South Carolina.

John Richard Wood, 56, has been in prison for more than 25 years after killing a state trooper in South Carolina.

James Hitchcock has lived under a death sentence for nearly half a century. As of Wednesday, his only reprieve lies with the U.S. Supreme Court.

The family of Tony Carruthers is calling on Gov. Bill Lee to halt his execution and test the DNA evidence, hoping to prove his innocence as time runs out. Carruthers, who was

Tony Carruthers is scheduled to be executed on May 21. In the weeks leading to the date, his attorneys want him pulled from death row.

Tony Carruthers is scheduled for execution May 21, but there's now questions about DNA evidence the ACLU says doesn't match their client.