Newsom’s past actions have made it clear he deplores capital punishment as deeply as many civil rights advocates,” writes ...

Across the country, dozens of organizations connect people on the outside with death row inmates through pen pal programs.

A twice-convicted murderer who had repeatedly said he wanted to die by lethal injection was found dead in his death-row prison cell from an apparent hanging, officials said Saturday. Scott Raymond ...

Chuck Thompson has been on Texas Death Row for 27 years and is set to be executed in January. Credit: April Towery For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly 30 years on death row walked out of prison Wednesday after a judge overturned his conviction and granted him bail. Jimmie Duncan, now in his 60s, was sentenced to ...

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) - A 46-year-old man on death row for killing a fellow inmate has been found dead in his cell. Authorities said Kenneth Justus died Tuesday night at the maximum security Lieber ...

Prison officials moved inmate Harold Wayne Nichols from his death row cell to another room next to the chamber where he is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection. Nichols, 64, was placed on ...

Veterans receiving the death penalty continues to be a controversial issue, and 2025 is shaping up to be one of the deadliest years on record for former servicemembers being executed. Based on a new ...