Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

Christopher Barbour tried to take back his confession more than 30 years ago. Now, new DNA points to someone else.

The death row inmate next in line for execution is asking for state leaders to reconsider whether he is competent to be ...

So far in 2025, Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed eight death warrants, tying a record for a single year. Here's a look at who's ...

The United States on Tuesday sanctioned, charged and added to the FBI's most wanted list a Venezuelan fugitive accused of ...

Florida Gov. DeSantis on pace to break death penalty record with execution of mistaken-identity killer Michael Bell - The ...

Alabama has scheduled an August execution with nitrogen gas for a man convicted three decades ago of shooting a woman in the ...

Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied without comment by the U.S. Supreme Court, was sentenced to death in 1976 ...

Historical data from the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) provides a glimpse of how Mississippi carried out the death penalty. Mississippi has the highest ...