A death row prisoner in Arkansas is begging the state to kill him, but his death wish is being stalled by a lawsuit from 10 other inmates trying to stop a highly controversial execution method. Scotty ...

Iwao Hakamada was acquitted after 46 years on death row for a 1968 quadruple murder. Hakamada was the longest-serving inmate on death row of any prisoner worldwide. Japan and the US are the only G7 ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Texas man on death row can bring a federal civil rights claim to challenge the constitutionality of state laws governing DNA testing. By a vote of 6-3, the ...

A federal judge has ordered a new trial for an Alabama death row inmate after tests showed it was another man’s DNA on the victim’s body. Chief US District Judge Emily C. Marks last week ruled that ...

Scotty Gardner wants out of “his cave” at the Varner SuperMax Prison south of Grady, Arkansas. In messages with USA TODAY, he described the conditions of his cell as, “a walk-in closet with a shower, ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — This week, the Pinal County attorney announced intentions to seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing Apache Junction Police Officer Gabriel Facio. Even if the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A man on death row for Huntsville’s notorious ‘cell phone murders’ has lost another appeal. On Friday, Alabama’s Court of Criminal Appeals rejected Joey Wilson’s application ...

The Florida Times-Union's 25-year crime editor highlights five of the most disturbing death row cases this century in Duval County. As the state prepares to execute the first man sentenced to death in ...