"If we have to wait up until that moment and this is the result we get, we give all glory to the Creator for softening the ...

Tyler’s case shows how bias, fear, and discrimination drive wrongful convictions — and why confronting racial injustice in ...

Two-Year HuffPost Investigation Brings National Attention to a Mishandled Felony Murder Case View Entire Post › ...

Twenty-three years after her death penalty was carried out, female serial killer Aileen Wuornos is back in the news.

Death row inmate’s life spared minutes before scheduled execution - Wood was sentenced to die for his role in the stabbing ...

Suge Knight, the Death Row Records founder who was Tupac when the rap icon was killed, confirmed the story: 'You've got to ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Attorneys for death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are suing the Tennessee Department of Correction, claiming the agency is refusing to release records about the state’s ...

Two British drug convicts including a grandmother on death row left a Bali jail on Thursday, as part of a deal to send them home on humanitarian grounds. Indonesia has some of the world's toughest ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) -- The life of a convicted murderer now rests in the hands of Oklahoma's governor. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-2 Wednesday to recommend clemency for Tremane Wood, ...

Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution — urging clemency in line with the Catholic Church’s relatively recent but unambiguous ...