Now 55 years old, Barbour isn’t the only person who remains in Alabama’s prison system despite evidence suggesting he didn’t ...

A letter-writer slyly suggests that we give up trying to end wars and instead figure out how to monetize them.

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...

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

The lawyer said he anticipates the capital crimes will be filed in “short order” in the case of Teresa Youngblut in the fatal ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

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

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon ...

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (June 24) commuted the death penalty awarded to a man convicted for the rape and murder of ...

Japan's justice minister says he considered very carefully before issuing the execution order of a death row inmate charged ...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (June 25) commuted the death penalty awarded to a man convicted for rape of a ...

In nearly 350 death penalty cases Maricopa County prosecutors pursued over 20 years, just 13% ended in a death sentence. The ...