Charles Manson died in November 2017 while serving nine life sentences for the horrific murders he orchestrated in 1969. Here ...

The justices heard arguments in the case of a man on death row in Texas who claims DNA testing could spare his life.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Rube ...

Two men convicted of murder were executed Thursday night, marking the fourth and fifth executions in the United States this year.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution on Tuesday for a man who was less than two days away from ...

Angus Batey unpicks the difficult, troubling legacy of the rapper/ actor Tupac Shakur and the album he released one year ...

The Supreme Court on Monday was divided over whether a Texas man on death row has a legal right to sue, known as standing, to bring federal civil rights claims challenging the constitutionality of the ...

Capital punishment has been a feature of America since colonial times and various methods have been used to kill convicts – ...

The entire row stemmed from the death of a third-year BTech student Prakriti Lamsal on Sunday evening. She was found dead in her hostel room. When interrogated, Praikriti's friends held her ex ...

Brad Sigmon is only the fourth person executed by firing squad in the United States since the death penalty resumed ...