The new wife of a convicted double murderer screamed as her husband was executed in front of her, before the distraught woman ...

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has spared the life of a death row inmate just before he was set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, commuting the man's sentence to life in ...

This is the worst treatment I have seen by far” of anyone on death row, said the Rev. Jeff Hood of Lisa Jo Chamberlin’s ...

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.

Billy Kearse was sentenced to death in 1997 for killing Fort Pierce police Sgt. Danny Parrish. Capital cases cost significantly more than life sentence cases. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a record ...

I first met William Noguera in June 2013 when he was on San Quentin’s Death Row in San Quentin, California. I was led into a cage where there was a small table and two chairs among other cages with ...

Idaho Supreme Court denied appeal from state’s only woman on death row for resentencing. Justices ruled Robin Row's ineffective counsel claims came too late under Idaho limits. Idaho is shifting to ...