Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

This year's nominees examine the aftermaths of gun violence and two female musicians — one a trailblazer and the other just ...

A new short documentary explores the life of death-row prisoner John Henry Ramirez before he was executed in 2022. “I Am ...

Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church ...

Today, 51 women are on death row, compared with more than 2,000 men. But for those women who do face capital sentencing, a particular kind of disadvantage based on their sex can arise: Although ...

The 2025 Academy Awards are just around the corner, and a documentary on a Texas death row prisoner is receiving recognition. Called "I Am Ready, Warden," the Oscar-nominated film deals with ...

A Death Row sicko who was convicted of raping and murdering a woman in her home has become the fourth person to be executed using the contentious nitrogen gas method. Despite pleas from his mother ...

An Oklahoma board has rejected clemency for a man sentenced to die for fatally shooting a woman ... death sentence. Stitt has granted clemency only once in his six years in office, in 2021, to ...

A sick Death Row killer who raped and murdered a woman in her home has become just the fourth to be executed using the controversial nitrogen gas method tonight. Despite his mother's pleas ...

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board rejected clemency for a death row inmate scheduled to die in March. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office advocated against clemency for Wendell ...

A man convicted of raping and murdering an Alabama woman seemed to criticize Michigan ... two states agreed to move him to Alabama’s death row. "If you cannot stand up for the constitution ...