A month before a death row inmate is scheduled to be executed for his role in a double murder case from 2008, his cousin has ...

From prison on his scheduled execution day, Charles “Sonny" Burton said he feels he “dodged death" after receiving clemency.

A judge ruled Tony Carruthers is competent to be executed on May 21, rejecting defense claims that psychotic delusions keep ...

The Florida death row killer executed Tuesday night for the grisly rape and murder of a married mom reportedly devoured a ...

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a ...

A Texas man on death row for murdering two people is asking the state to halt his April 13 execution after someone else has allegedly come forward to claim responsibility — his own cousin. James ...

Attorneys for Florida death row inmate James Aren Duckett filed an emergency motion with the Florida Supreme Court late Wednesday, seeking to halt his execution scheduled for March 31. The 11th-hour ...

It is only the second commutation for Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even ...

Attorneys for James Broadnax are seeking to halt his April 13 execution for murdering two men at a Garland Christian music ...

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reverses death penalty more than a decade after 2012 killings ...

An Alameda judge overturned Franklin Lynch’s death sentence after finding racial bias in jury selection. The ruling follows a sweeping county review.

Whether Covid vaccines are "readily available to all members of the public" will determine the fate of nine death row inmates ...