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

Aaron Gunches is scheduled to be executed on March 19. He asked for two nonlegal witnesses to be present for his execution. Arizona said "no." ...

A federal appeals court tossed Brittany Holberg's death sentence after it found that prosecutors failed to reveal that their primary trial witness was a paid informant.

The man scheduled for execution next week in Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years passed up a chance to ...

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

The case of a victim’s mother and one of the longest-serving death row prisoners shows how capital appeals can seem both ...

Despite no longer facing the death penalty, Myers will remain behind bars for the rest of his life without the possibility of parole, the governor’s office said. “For the last 30 years ...

Montgomery, Ala. – Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case. Ivey said Myers, who was facing ...

Former Texas death row inmate John Henry Ramirez’s story is told in the documentary short, “I Am Ready, Warden,” which is up for an Academy Award this Sunday. The Houston attorney who won ...

After nearly three decades maintaining his innocence on Oklahoma’s death row, Richard Glossip this week now has the opportunity to win his freedom after the US Supreme Court ordered he receive a ...

LAHORE: A sessions court has awarded the death penalty to a man for committing blasphemy on Thursday. Shahdara police had registered the FIR in 2020 under section 295 A & C of the PPC on the ...