Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

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

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

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the ...

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...

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 ...

Louisiana's chief legal officer is appealing to the state Supreme Court for the justices to develop a standard that would expedite the executions of five inmates on death row.

As of June 19, 2025, there were 169 people on death row in Texas. Four of them are women, including Melissa Lucio, who was convicted in 2008 of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death.

FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. - Officials say a Berks County man died while serving time at a state prison in western Pennsylvania. 41-year-old Thomas Gray Jr. was found unresponsive in his cell last ...