Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...

A federal report details a history of abuse at a Texas foster care facility linked to the recent death of an 11-year-old boy.

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

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has finalized and implemented an updated protocol that allows for ...

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

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

The executions of Steven Nelson in Texas and Demetrius Frazier in Alabama come in the context of the Trump administration’s efforts to bolster the federal death penalty and to encourage the 27 states ...

Questions fly as correctional centre dismisses allegation By Jimitota Onoyume Until a ministerial panel set up by the Minister of Interior Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, recently, to carry out a ...

An Alabama death row inmate who raped and murdered a woman in 1991 was executed this week using nitrogen gas, making him the ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier broke into the window of Brown's apartment on Nov. 27, 1991, before demanding money and raping her at gunpoint.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber.