The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25.

Oscar Franklin Smith, a Tennessee death row inmate scheduled to die on May 22, declined to select a method meaning it ...

The threat was driven by the conviction of Marco Perez, who was convicted of killing Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder.

A White House executive order called on the U.S. attorney general to determine whether former federal death row inmates “can ...

NBC News reported on Sunday that several district attorneys are considering, or have considered, state charges against some ...

Gov. Ryan purged Illinois' death row just three days before his term ended, though he never regretted the decision.

Prisoners say the Trump administration is seeking tougher conditions for them as punishment for having their death sentences ...

A death row inmate was unable to convince a federal appeals court that Texas’ post-conviction DNA-testing procedures violate his right to due process on Thursday.

Former death row inmates who had their sentences commuted by former President Joe Biden are suing the Trump administration ...

Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan died Friday morning at 91, more than two decades after leaving office for the last time and ...