A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

The order came just over 48 hours before David Leonard Wood was set to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday.

Judges with the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction and death sentence of a woman convicted of capital murder in Amarillo 26 years ago.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is offering few details about the deaths, which coincided with a respiratory illness ...

After the woman spent 27 years on death row for killing an 80-year-old man, the court found that prosecutors failed to reveal ...

Jessie Hoffman Jr., a Black man scheduled to be the first death row inmate executed by nitrogen gas, wants a more "humane" ...

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On International Women’s Day (8 March), that is the bold call for action for all women and girls worldwide. As we mark the 30th year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the world is ...

The women spoke on the condition that their names not be used because they have previously faced harassment as loved ones of a Death Row inmate. "The Richard that I know is not the man that they ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case. Myers was facing execution this spring. Ivey ...