Shortly after taking office in 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled.

(AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions ... life sentences and two 20-year terms. NEW YORK (AP) — A man was charged with ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution ...

Khaleda joined Newsweek in 2019 and had previously worked at the MailOnline in London, New York and ... commuted the death sentences of all but three inmates on federal death row to life in ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana man who has spent nearly three decades on death row has had his conviction overturned by a district judge following a review of forensic analysis that the inmate ...

Beating deaths and murder charges are incredibly rare in New York prisons, but alleged physical abuse of inmates by ...

Multiple New York prison guards have been indicted in connection with the “disturbing” death of an inmate last month during a wildcat officers’ strike, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.

Clemency hearings for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie ... team petitioned the state supreme court for a new hearing to reconsider the inmate’s request for post-conviction relief.

INDIANAPOLIS (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Clemency hearings for Indiana death row inmate Benjamin ... state supreme court for a new hearing to reconsider the inmate’s request for post-convict ...

Jeff Landry, a staunch death penalty advocate, made moves to expedite executions after a 15-year pause. Judge Alvin Sharp, of the 4th Judicial District in Ouachita Parish, pointed to new testimony ...