Nine Tennessee death row inmates are suing the state over its push for a new round of lethal injections after an execution ...

Ohio should abandon the death penalty—not just because it’s morally flawed, but because it’s broken, costly, and being used as a political tool by those, like Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, more ...

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its ...

Elaine* spent the final 20 years of her life writing letters to 25 long-term prisoners in the U.S. prison system. Each of the 24 men and the sole woman ...

Only six women have ever been executed in Texas since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. This is a look at their ...

When 67-year-old Brad Sigmon was put to death on March 7 in South Carolina for the murder of his then-girlfriend’s parents, ...

Russell Wilson has agreed on a one-year contract with the New York Giants, a person with knowledge of the deal told The ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of ...

Mikal Mahdi has been described as a cold-blooded killer. In 2006, Mahdi was convicted and sentenced to death in South Carolina for the murder of an off-duty ...

A husband allegedly strangled his wife to death during a conjugal visit at the prison he was sentenced to after murdering ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman was convicted of the brutal rape ... Until Tuesday, only one state, Alabama, had used ...