Under Governor Gavin Newsom's administration, California has shifted its death row policy, transferring condemned individuals ...

Lawrence Russell Brewer was the last death row inmate in Texas that was allowed to choose what his final meal was before his ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet ...

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.

For prisoners, the transfers off a dismantled death row have brought a broad variety of experiences and emotions.

Richard Gerald Jordan has been on Mississippi's death row since 1977. The state has set an execution date of June 25, saying ...

The death of a 37-year-old man follows an assault inside the Raymond Detention Center as a federal receiver is poised to take ...

A new federal lawsuit alleges Hidalgo County jailers ignored woman's pleas for days before 'dumping' her at the hospital ...

Multiple New York prison guards have been indicted in connection with the “disturbing” death of an inmate last month during a wildcat officers’ strike, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday.

At every Florida execution — including Jeffrey Hutchinson’s execution set for Thursday — church-goers and members of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty gather to seek an end to the ...

Breaking news.  Godden Matanga recounts his 21-year journey from death row to freedom. – Picture: Esther Mushove Trust Freddy, Features Correspondent THE words, “Hear, hear, hear! May the court keep ...