Conditions for inmates on Georgia's death row can be defined by extreme isolation, harsh restrictions and a severe ...

The busiest death chamber in the country is located inside the maximum-security prison in Huntsville, Texas, known as the ...

The law has ignited national partisan disputes, and Duke professors expressed concern over its changes to bail and capital ...

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a ...

He will have until Oct. 31 to choose if he wants to die by lethal injection, firing squad or the electric chair.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina inmate who killed a man, burned his eyes with cigarettes and then painted “catch me if ...

Thirty-four men have been executed by court order in the US this year, with eight more scheduled before its close, five of whom are due to die in the next eight days. This year's total already ...

After the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson on Thursday morning, lawmakers, celebrities and activist groups are weighing in on the ruling.

Charles Ray Crawford is scheduled for execution in October 2025 for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of a Mississippi college student. Lawyers are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt the execution, ...