See what happened: 2 men on Mississippi's death row dealt new setbacks. Jordan's attorneys filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court. In other words, they are asking ...

FILE - This image provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Alabama death row inmate Robin “Rocky ... “astonished” by the decision. Last week the Alabama Supreme Court ...

A convicted murderer who reportedly found faith while on death row, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, becoming the first US inmate in 15 years to die by this method. In his final words .

Murrill told The Associated Press last month that she expects at least four people will be executed this year. There are 56 inmates on Louisiana’s death row. Louisiana is following in the ...

Back when he was put on death row, the assumed execution method was a lethal injection, but those drugs have been hard to come by in recent years --leading to a backlog on death row and now the ...

With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last ... death row for 27 years. In securing her conviction in 1998, Randall County prosecutors heavily relied on testimony from a jail ...

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The man poised to become the first Louisiana death row inmate executed in 15 years scored a significant win Tuesday as he ...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' brief order on Tuesday recognized the claims in death row inmate David Leonard Wood’s appeal and granted an indefinite stay of his execution. Credit ...