Lindsay Sandiford, sentenced to death for drug trafficking, hopes for release under new laws commuting death penalties, with ...

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

The official explained that state governors contribute to prison congestion in Nigeria.The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that a total of 3,688 inmates are currently on death row across ...

FILE - This image provided by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Alabama death row ... commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were ...

Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy wants a pardon from President Donald Trump. And why not? Isn't everybody these days?

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.

Supreme Court Justices Powell, Blackmun, and Stevens allowed the death penalty to return. Then they disavowed it.

Brad Sigmon, convicted of a brutal 2001 double murder, was executed by firing squad after fighting to avoid the electric chair and lethal injection.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison Friday, saying there were enough ...