A death row inmate was unable to convince a federal appeals court that Texas’ post-conviction DNA-testing procedures violate his right to due process on Thursday.

DELAND - Defense attorneys presented testimony from sympathetic witnesses on Thursday in an attempt to get Jerone Hunter off ...

The Mississippi Supreme Court has scheduled the execution for the state's longest-serving death row inmate for June 25 ...

Then-new Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a moratorium on executions and ordered death row dismantled. Years later, inmates say they ...

Three news outlets sued Idaho's prison director, arguing that key steps of the lethal injection process were being unconstitutionally hidden from public view.

Attorneys have been battling over what can be presented at trial, while also releasing information previously unavailable to ...

Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson pointed to a specific line in a printed copy of the laws of the Missouri Supreme ...

Defendant asked for ‘everything,’ and ‘everything’ is what he received,” the judge wrote. “Defendant cannot demand everything ...

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal murder charge in the killing of Unit­ed­­­Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty, and ...

They argued that executing someone with autism would constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.