Attorneys have sent an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Florida Supreme Court rejected James D. Ford's latest attempt to stop his execution.

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

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

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 ...

A death row inmate tried to say one final word before being executed, after beating and suffocating a pastor to death in ...

Emmerdale fans are convinced they know who the father of April Windsor's baby is after the character's tragic stillbirth.

A US man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death this — and uttered some unexpected last words prior to being ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned for the 2011 killing of the Rev. Clint Dobson at a Baptist church in Arlington. Dobson’s ...

Today in this animated cartoon video we look at the final moments before a prisoner goes in the United States! In this infographics video we learn about the final meal and last words of inmates in ...

A Texas man convicted of murdering a pastor was put to death on Wednesday — and uttered chilling last words prior to being ...

Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed by lethal injection in the state of Texas on Wednesday for the brutal 2011 killing of the ...