A competency hearing is being held for Ralph Menzies, who has been on death row for almost four decades after kidnapping and ...

Three federal appeals judges will decide whether a civil rights group can publish interviews conducted with two South ...

The inmate sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2021 after they denied his wife's visitation request because he did not have ...

The jury of seven women and five men told Judge James Arguelles that they were split on whether Adel Sambrano Ramos should be ...

In contrast, Biden has a mixed record on capital punishment. Unlike his predecessor, he has not carried out any federal ...

President-elect Donald Trump wants to expand the federal death penalty and undo the Biden-Harris administration's moratorium ...

The Texas Supreme Court is considering whether a legislative subpoena of a death row inmate infringed on the executive branch ...

There have been several high-profile challenges to planned executions but many more that never see the light of day. Why is it so difficult for people on death row to ...

COLUMBIA — Attorneys for death row inmates are asking the state Supreme Court to wait until after New Year’s Day to issue any ...

Outgoing Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has granted pardon to a 77-year-old man and 15 others on death row in the Nigerian ...

Attorneys for the inmates are reportedly to ask the state Supreme Court to halt executions and issue any more death warrants ...