Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

Lemaricus Davidson, one of five people convicted in the 2007 murders of Chris Newsom and Channon Christian, appeared in court ...

Twenty-four men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and five other people are scheduled to be ...

The legal options appear to be running out for Mississippi’s longest-serving death row inmate. On Tuesday, the U.S. Fifth ...

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...

Death row prisoner Byron Black is asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to step in and delay his scheduled Aug. 5 execution.

Byron Black, a 68-year-old man on Tennessee's death row, has filed a petition with the Tennessee Supreme Court to halt his ...

A death row inmate set to be executed later this year has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling and ...