More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death sentences over accusations of its constitutionality and racial discrimination.

California currently has 574 individuals on death row, the most in the nation, while being the most populous U.S. state.

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.Stephen Stanko, 57, was pronounced ...

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders on the same day has been put to death by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.

Stephen Stanko, an Horry, Georgetown County death row inmate, has been executed, officials confirm.

Death row inmate Stephen Stanko has been put to death by lethal injection. His execution is the 6th since the death chamber opened again last September after a more than decade-long pause.

A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders was put to death Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months.

Call grows for Gov. Gavin Newsom to end death penalty in California, reducing sentences to life without parole and addressing systemic discrimination.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.