The Missouri Supreme Court and Gov. Mike Parson have declined to halt Tuesday’s execution of a death row inmate prosecutors say may be innocent, leaving his fate in the hands of the US Supreme ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Missouri to proceed with its plan to execute death row inmate Marcellus Williams, rejecting a last-ditch request to intervene on ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement death row inmate Marcellus Williams made with prosecutors that would have halted his scheduled execution. The court instead ordered a hearing to ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday as attorneys working on behalf of Marcellus Williams seek to save him, just a day before his scheduled execution.

Ralph Menzies, a death row inmate who was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, is set to ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied a request for a competency hearing for death row inmate Byron Black despite claims from his attorneys that he no longer understands why ...

For nearly 15 years, a man on death row in Texas has sought DNA testing to try and prove he did not kill an 85-year-old woman ...

The Indiana Supreme Court on Monday tentatively scheduled an Oct. 10 execution date for death row inmate Roy Lee Ward, but ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has set an execution date for Lance Shockley, who was convicted of murdering a Missouri State ...

The five death row inmates in post-conviction relief are Larry Roy, Antoinette Frank, Robert Miller, Marcus Reed and Davie ...

Missouri is one of two states where a judge can hand down death when juries cannot agree unanimously on a sentence. Since the ...