During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

A biohacker has shaved 30 years off his biological sleep age by sticking to a strict nighttime routine of getting 6.5 hours ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.

A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 ...

according to the Montgomery Advertiser. His final words were: “Detroit strong. I love everyone on Death Row. Let’s go.” Frazier’s mask was then closed, and the gas began flowing at 6:13 p ...

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Massachusetts court rules Karen Read can be retried for murder, manslaughter and leaving the scene of boyfriend's death.

The Arizona Supreme Court set a March 19 execution date Tuesday for a man who pleaded guilty to murder more than 17 years ago and recently said his death sentence was “long ...