Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 for his role in the murder of James Byrd Jr, but it was his last meal request that prompted a major change in history across prisons ...

A Jordanian immigrant on death row lodged complaints against the Houston lawyers who handled his 2018 capital murder trial for racial discrimination in jury selection.

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail. On Wednesday, Jimmie Duncan posted bail and left ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — This week, the Pinal County attorney announced intentions to seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing Apache Junction Police Officer Gabriel Facio. Even if the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking ...

Editor's note: This database contains descriptions of violent crimes. There are 113 people sitting on Ohio's death row. Some were sentenced to death decades ago, for murders committed in the 1980s and ...

A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row has died of apparent ...

Indonesia and the Netherlands have agreed to repatriate two Dutch nationals convicted on drug offenses in Indonesia. One ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life imprisonment with just a month until his scheduled ...