The DOJ said that while not only are commutations legal, the president additionally has the authority to decide commutations.

Two prisoners who have taken the unusual step to ask a federal judge to nullify their death row commutations granted by ...

ABC News' Linsey Davis discusses the documentary "I am Ready, Warden," which follows a death row inmate, with Smriti Mundhra ...

Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis have filed emergency petitions seeking to block the commutations of their death sentences.

Shannon Wayne Agofsky and Len Davis both filed emergency petitions prevent their death sentences from being commuted to life ...

Death row inmate Byron James Shepard died Tuesday, almost eight years after he fatally shot a Tecumseh police officer during a traffic stop. Shepard, 43, was at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in ...

A man on death row convicted of shooting and killing a 22-year-old Tecumseh Police officer in 2017 died Tuesday morning at a local hospital, authorities say.

In my experience, juries in death penalty cases are thoughtful and meticulous in one of the most difficult duties a citizen ...

I was one of the religious leaders behind the scenes urging President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of people on federal ...

Two dozen men are under sentences of death sought by Sacramento County prosecutors and imposed by local juries, state data shows, and another two were tried in Yolo County. The oldest case dates back ...

There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore. Not only is it hugely and uniquely ...

The death penalty is arbitrary, capricious, more expensive than non-capital incarcerations and poisoned by racial bias. The ...