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 ...

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row ...

Payne was orignially sentenced to death, but now will be serving two consecutive life sentences. He is eligible for parole in 2056.

Executions will remain a dominant force in Tennessee this year as the state continues to buck national trends by pushing to put 11 more inmates to death. Tennessee has executed six death row inmates ...