Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

THE CLOCK IS TICKING. Gov. Gavin Newsom still has a year and a half left in office, but advocates are starting their call now for him to commute, or reduce, all death sentences in ...

California currently has 574 individuals on death row, the most in the nation, while being the most populous U.S. state.

By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin's death row.

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months. Skip to content NOWCAST WYFF News 4 Today ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders is scheduled to die Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months. Stephen ...

The judge presiding over the federal case against five former Memphis police officers convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has recused himself from further proceedings, just days before ...

There are currently 270 inmates on Florida death row. This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI.

The burned body of an 18-year-old woman was found in a field with a pile of items used to light her body on fire — including a letter that identified her accused killer, Florida authorities said ...

Richard Glossip, who has spent nearly 30 years on death row, will face a new trial for first-degree murder, but no longer under threat of execution, following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling and a ...

We know that tensions have been running high between the Trump administration and California. Between the White House and Democratic politicians. Between immigrant advocates and the president’s ...