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

Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using ...

Arizona has set an execution date for a convicted killer on death row, marking the state's return to the death penalty after ...

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

House Bill 6, now Act 5 from that session, allowed for executions to take place through nitrogen hypoxia through bipartisan ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

Aaron Gunches will be the first person executed by Arizona in more than two years. His execution was scheduled for March 19.

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

Since Texas reinstated capital punishment and adopted lethal injection as its means of execution in 1977, the state has put ...

Demetrius Terrence Frazier's final meal was a popular takeaway choice, after spending three decades in prison.

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 ...

Higgins Gulch in western South Dakota was where the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office found the body of 19-year-old Allan ...