Hakamada also described his life in prison ... to death row.” (December 1975) The high court in May 1976 upheld the lower court’s ruling and death sentence, recognizing that the clothing ...

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

A Tennessee death row prisoner has declared a hunger strike, saying he is protesting issues with medical care, the quality of ...

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 ...

From the daily newsletter: an editor’s note from Daniel Zalewski. Plus: Jia Tolentino on Joan Didion on Martha Stewart; ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

After years on death row where he found religion and became an artist, Richard Lee Tabler stopped fighting for clemency and ...

A Tennessee death row prisoner who murdered a teen couple from Chickamauga, Georgia has declared a hunger strike, saying he ...

Until a ministerial panel set up by the Minister of Interior Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, recently, to carry out a “comprehensive investigation into allegation of criminal activities within the ...

The social media report further alleged that policemen stormed the centre and were able to arrest a death row inmate. "They could not whisk the other three along with them because authorities at ...

A Gold Coast man who allegedly sedated his sick stepfather in the months before his death was motivated by ... dressed in prison clothing while listening via an audio link. The court heard his ...