Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say. Forty-three people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...

Tremane Wood was scheduled to be executed in Oklahoma on Thursday. Gov. Kevin Sitt commuted his death sentence to life ...

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Lawyers for Robert Roberson, the condemned man on Texas’ death row who faces execution next week, say the first episode of a “Dateline” podcast about his case includes “highly relevant” evidence that ...

Death row inmate Roy Lee Ward will be executed Friday at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City after exhausting all legal options to stop his execution. Gov. Mike Braun issued a brief statement ...

NBC News’ Lester Holt is dropping a new Dateline podcast on Monday, taking a look at the high-profile death row case of Robert Roberson. Roberson, 58, whose execution was delayed last year, has been ...