Arizona to execute first death row inmate in two years - Aaron Brian Gunches, who was convicted in 2007 in the 2002 shooting ...

Gunches wants to die, but controversy surrounds execution methods in Arizona, which hasn’t killed a prisoner since 2022.

Every week, behind a half dozen security doors that lead to Unit 2—Tennessee’s death row—Kevin Burns holds a worship service. He leads Communion, prayer, liturgy, and a sermon with men who share his ...

A Nevada death row inmate is requesting a court hearing, pursuing what federal public defenders say is his right to the clemency process.

Even though a federal judge has now temporarily blocked part of the Trump administration's plans, news of the freeze on federal money has caused mass confusion — not just among local organizations, ...

THE Compton gangbanger accused of orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been hit with a new charge after allegedly being involved in a fight with another inmate. Surveillance ...

Christopher Lightsey, the man who is on death row for a murder he committed in 1993 in Kern County, was resentenced to death on Tuesday. Lightsey, 71, remains incarcerated at San Quentin State ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who has spent more than half his life on death row has chosen to die by lethal injection instead of by electric chair or firing squad later this month.

But for Cooper’s action, 2024 would have been the first year since 2016 in which no state granted clemency to any inmate on death row. In place after place, clemency boards and governors turned ...

Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, has appealed her conviction for years, claiming the evidence presented against her violated her due process rights. The U.S. Court of Appeals for ...

Oklahoma's only female death row inmate, whose attorneys argue was "sex-shamed" during her husband's murder trial, may have another day in court after a Tuesday Supreme Court ruling. Brenda Andrew ...

When she began writing letters to a man on Texas’ death row, Noa Dubois had no intention of finding a husband. Instead, the now-29-year-old was searching for someone who would understand her ...