Raleigh, NC -- Elias Syriani, 67, was pronounced dead at 2:12 a.m. EST, said Pam Walker, a spokeswoman for the state Correction Department.Gov. Mike Easley on Thursday had denied clemency, saying in a ...

Following a week of high hopes, the terse press release came around 7:30 p.m. last Thursday: “After careful review of the facts and circumstances of this crime and conviction, I find no convincing ...

CHARLOTTE - It was a fifth-grade essay, the sort of assignment that elicits stories of vacations, sports victories and beloved pets. John Syriani, age 10, wrote about the day his world blew apart. “My ...

I wonder how many of the South Carolina legislators who voted to add the firing squad to the death-penalty options in the state have ever actually witnessed an execution. I have. It was back in 2005.

After almost a decade of visiting her friend and client Steve Van McHone on Central Prison’s death row, defense lawyer Cindy Adcock had to make a trip to the prison she never wanted to make. Last ...

Raleigh, NC -- Governor Mike Easley denied clemency Thursday for Elias Syriani, the Charlotte man condemned to death for the 1990 stabbing death of his wife. The decision came despite pleas from the ...

Modernism and minimalism were on display Thursday night at L2 Lounge as creative expressionist Donald Syriani debuted his first photographic installation "Art Within Photography, the Red and Black ...

The adult children of a man scheduled to be executed next month are pleading with Gov. Mike Easley to save their father's life. Fifteen years ago, the four Syriani children -- Rose, Sarah, John and ...