On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order promoting the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous ...

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

Demetrius Frazier became the fourth inmate in the US to be put to death by the method as he served his sentence for the 1991 murder of Pauline Brown at the Holman Correctional Facility.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A death investigation is underway after ... in an unused exit driveway of a commercial meat storage facility, Frio. Investigators said she suffered multiple stab wounds ...

As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...

Marion Bowman Jr also died by lethal injection. He was sentenced to death after he was convicted of shooting and killing a friend. Police found the victim's body in a burned out car in 2001.

The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well-known, including Roof. Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has rejected a death row inmate’s request for information on the most recent execution, which was carried out last week. Brad Sigmon will be ...

Slamming the “utter lackadaisical” investigation by the Uttar Pradesh Police, the Supreme Court has acquitted a man sentenced to death for the 2012 murder of his brother, sister-in-law, and their four ...

The wife of a death row inmate who was put to death on Wednesday (5 February) held up their dog to watch his final moments. Steven Lawayne Nelson was executed by lethal injection in Huntsville ...