Meeting my death-row pen pal after 20 years

Rhys Williams became friends with convicted killer Roderick Orme after the pair began exchanging letters.

Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man whose accomplice fired fatal shot

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 ...

How many women are on Florida's death row?

Florida's death row population is shrinking. Learn about the only biological woman, Tina Brown, and trans woman Jenna Rodgers ...
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Clock Ticking For Blount County Killer As Judge Orders Death Row Mind Check

With a December 3, 2026 execution date on the books, Blount County Circuit Court Judge David R. Duggan has ordered state-appointed experts to evaluate death-row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton, setting up a ...

Huntsville attorney, AG Marshall react to Gov. Ivey reducing sentence of death row inmate

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Charles “Sonny” Burton, a man who had been on death row for 35 years ...

Bipartisan group of lawmakers, religious leaders call for an end to Missouri death penalty

There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing the wrongful execution of innocent people on death row. The agency spends ...