A death row inmate suffered an agonizing execution in 2020, hours after making a “mistake” relating to his last meal request.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

The court had earlier vacated Darrell Robinson's conviction and death sentence in a brutal quadruple murder in Rapides Parish ...

Five years after the discovery of Mary and Elwyn Jr.'s bodies, courtroom tensions rise over how long it's taking to bring ...

A woman convicted of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of an 84-year-old Metairie woman was sentenced to life plus ...

State Rep. Paul Takac, D-College Township, encourages officials to keep Rockview state prison open during the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ public hearing on the proposed closure of ...

Clive Stafford Smith, who is retired from Death Row law, continues to campaign against the penalty and claims the US is ...