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 ...

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the second condemned prisoner to die behind bars in the past month. Prison officials ...

A Missouri judge has blocked many of the state's anti-abortion laws. The order Thursday by Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri ...

Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution. In Nashville’s ...

Wayne Osmond, 73. A singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-album-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known ...

Attorney General Todd Rokita has asked the Indiana Supreme Court to set an execution date for the man who killed a Dale, ...

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

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

The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...

Law Supreme Court orders new trial for death row inmate in Oklahoma Jordan's execution was the third in the state in the last 10 years; previously the most recent one was carried out in December 2022.

Jordan was the state's longest-serving and oldest death row inmate when executed. This comes after the United States Supreme Court denied an application for stay of execution earlier today. Orders ...