More than 200 Civil rights groups urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to use his powers to commute California's more than 500 death ...

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for ...

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman ...

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...

More than three years after his execution was stayed, an upcoming hearing will address death row inmate Ramiro Ibarra’s ...