Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution.

Cran, who died in June at age 79, produced the first two films to air on FRONTLINE in 1983. He went on to produce more than ...

A judge has ruled that Ralph Leroy Menzies is competent enough to be executed for the 1986 kidnapping and death of a Utah woman. Her son said her family is pleased by the ruling.

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.

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 ...

A man dubbed the “ Twitter killer” has been executed in Japan for murdering and dismembering nine people in his flat.

Clive Stafford Smith, who is retired from Death Row law, continues to campaign against the penalty and claims the US is ...