Alabama has set an execution date for an inmate who dropped his appeals this summer and asked to be put to death.

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Death row inmate convicted of the double murder of David and Gladys Larke has chosen to die by firing squad over fears the ...

Japan carried out its first executions in two years on Dec. 21 by hanging three death row inmates, one of them a ... and Mitsunori Onogawa, 44, were put to death separately at the Tokyo Detention ...

A killer on death row has become the first US prisoner in 15 ... The prison employees were not visible to the members of the public, who said they saw and heard Sigmon gasp heavily in the two ...

The bill, which has nine sponsors right now, proposes amending the N.C. Constitution to require legislative approval of all ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough questions about his guilt that she could ...

George John Hanson was sentenced to death after being convicted in the 1999 slaying of 77-year-old Mary Bowles, who was ...

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that a total of 3,688 inmates are currently on death row across various correctional facilities in the country. The Acting Comptroller-General of the ...