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

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not ...

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.

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

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

Rapper RBX accused Spotify of turning a blind eye to fraud he alleges boosted the streams of Drake songs, according to a ...

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

Anthony Todd Boyd, 54, was executed by nitrogen gas in Alabama on Thursday, October 23, maintaining his innocence in final ...

Attorneys are asking a federal judge to block next month’s scheduled execution of a convicted child killer, arguing Florida’s ...

Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution.