Federal attorneys for Harold Wayne Nichols, the only death row inmate from the Chattanooga area, have filed a lawsuit against ...

By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly ...

FDSET filed suit against the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) in Knox County Chancery Court on Tuesday, October 28.

Attorneys for death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are suing the State of Tennessee, accusing prison officials of violating ...

An Alabama man on death row asked Gov. Kay Ivey to meet with him "before an innocent man is executed," as he seeks to halt ...

Until Oct. 10, Bryan Frederick Jennings had not had legal representation since the death of his lawyer, Martin McClain, in ...

The president and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

More than 1,600 prisoners have been executed since the late 1970s. The largest number of executions has been carried out in ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. — U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has given federal prosecutors in Vermont the green light to seek the death ...