The son of an Alabama death row inmate and the widow of the last person executed in the state took part in a rally at the Alabama State House on Thursday calling for the Legislature to pass a bill ...

Alabama's all-women's Julia Tutwiler Prison currently holds five women who are slated to be executed. They all share a common ...

All death row inmates are convicted of murder along with an aggravating ... Their bodies were ultimately found in trash bags ...

Before being put to death in Iowa, killer Victor Harry Feguer requested a single olive with the pit still in for his final ...

The state's second nitrogen hypoxia execution is set for Sept. 26, with more executions scheduled for October and November.

Washington state is closing its death chamber this week, but South Carolina is scheduled to carry out its first execution ...

Incarcerated people have also raised successful legal challenges to their death sentences, raising concerns about capital ...

At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten ...

A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked ...

Williams' case demonstrates how the death penalty in America is meted out in the most arbitrary manner—to those denied ...

He was convicted in his daughter’s death. Those who believe he’s innocent argue his diagnosis helps explain how he ended up ...

In South Carolina, the governor has the lone ability to grant clemency and reduce a death sentence to life in prison. However ...