A federal judge declined to intervene on behalf of 21 former federal death row inmates whom the Trump administration seeks to transfer to the nation’s most restrictive prison facility, ruling on ...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by Alabama officials of a judicial decision that a man convicted of a 1997 murder is intellectually disabled - a finding that spared him from ...

The death penalty was sought in Pontotoc County District Court in March for the first time in more than 20 years. Richard Dewayne Chambers, 42, is accused of murdering three people in December.

California death row inmate Julian Mendez killed in Kern Valley State Prison allegedly involving more than 30 inmates, with Mario Renteria as the alleged initial attacker.

DA to seek death penalty against Half Moon Bay mass shooting suspect Chunli Zhao is accused of killing seven people in a January 2023 rampage at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms.

'Last Meals,' the Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook starring prison drama from Oscar nominee Ramin Bahrani has given international buyers an appetite.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – An Indiana lawmaker wants to see the state abolish the death penalty now that Gov. Mike Braun says executions are on pause. Braun said he has no intention of purchasing ...

The fact that the COVID-19 vaccine is not available for newborn babies is shielding a group of prisoners on Georgia's death row from execution.

Stephen Stanko, a South Carolina death row inmate, chose lethal injection after a firing squad execution was criticized as "botched" and raised concerns about execution methods.

Federal prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman if he’s convicted of multiple charges in Chicago.

Ex-Death Row Records boss Marion “Suge” Knight has words of advice for his longtime rival Sean “Diddy” Combs in regard to his sex trafficking and racketeering case – take the stand.