Byron James Shepard was in t State Penitentiary in McAlester, awaiting execution for the fatal shooting of a Tecumseh police officer.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 ...

The federal government can now pursue the death penalty against the Boulder attack suspect following the death of a victim.

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed on Thursday three anti-DEI bills and another measure that in part would ...

Twenty-five executions were also carried out last year and in 2018. Those are the highest totals since there were 28 in 2015. Here's a look at recent executions and those scheduled for the rest ...

Not a single jury in Oklahoma has issued a new death sentence in the past three years, a sign that public opinion has changed ...

An Oklahoma County jail inmate accused of pistol-whipping a woman for her car outside a casino has died. Everett D. Edwards, ...

Prison officials served death row inmate Oscar Franklin Smith his last meal Wednesday night, about 16 hours before he's scheduled to die by lethal injection. Smith, 75, requested hotdogs, tater ...

Alabama has scheduled a September execution by nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a convenience store clerk during a 1997 robbery. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey set a ...

An investigation is underway following the death of a 58-year-old inmate Thursday afternoon at the Oklahoma County Detention Center (OCDC).