A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not clarify why it halted the execution of David Wood in its order granting the stay.

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...

The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all ...

A death row inmate in Louisiana who is scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas ...

Brad Sigmon, convicted in a double murder in 2002, opted to die by a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last ...

A statement by the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) highlights Malaysia’s sharp decline in death row inmates—from over ...

The Nigerian prisons, has revealed that the number of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in September 2024 t0 3,688 in March 2025, representing a 2.73 per cent increase or 98 prisoners within ...

Speaking during his screening before the Senate Committee on Interior, chaired by Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Nwakuche ...

The official explained that state governors contribute to prison congestion in Nigeria.The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that a total of 3,688 inmates are currently on death row across ...

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

Sylvester Nwakuche, the acting controller-general of NCoS, spoke on Wednesday while being screened by the senate committee on interior. He said the new data represents a 2.73 percent increase, or 98 ...