Texas has, by far, led the nation in executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. These are the Dallas County ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

Florida has sentenced 117 veterans to death, the most of any state. It has executed seven in this year alone. As the Death ...

The Netherlands requested on humanitarian grounds the return of the men, one of whom is on death row.

Chuck Thompson has been on Texas Death Row for 27 years and is set to be executed in January. Credit: April Towery For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three ...

Oct. 14 (UPI) --Missouri on Tuesday executed its first death row inmate of this year, killing Lance Shockley for the 2005 murder of a state highway patrol officer. Shockley, 48, died by lethal ...

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not clear when the state will carry out another. Five men remain on Indiana’s ...

Society / Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system—including near total isolation. Lauren Gill This story was produced by Bolts and ...

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his conviction was ...

Explore the Supreme Court's recent acquittals of death row prisoners, revealing systemic flaws in India's justice system and ...