At the eleventh hour, the key eyewitness in the case that sent Freddie Owens to death row recanted his testimony, saying that ...

South Carolina is set to execute its first inmate in 13 years after an unintended pause because the state could not obtain ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty should be applied only to the most grievous offenses, a ...

Freddie Eugene Owens, 46, is scheduled to die just after 6 p.m. Friday at a Columbia prison. He was convicted of the 1997 killing of a clerk who could not get the safe open at a convenience store in ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court is set to announce its decision on a landmark case brought by death row inmates that touches on ...

A court in Pakistan has sentenced a Christian mother of four to death for sharing derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammed ...

Photo: Innocence Project The NAACP is urging Missouri Governor Mike Parson to stop the scheduled execution of Marcellus ...

A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and ...

The Greenville News will be providing live coverage from Columbia today leading up to the execution of Freddie Owens.

Taiwan's constitutional court ruled that the death penalty is constitutional for the most serious crimes under stringent legal scrutiny. Despite being Asia's liberal democracy, the death penalty ...

Vanessa E. Curry’s Lies and Consequences delves into Kerry Max Cook’s 47-year legal battle, from death row to exoneration, ...

Taiwan's constitutional court ruled on Friday that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes ...