A memo from Pam Bondi asked prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for groups including immigrants illegally residing in the ...

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 ...

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

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

Howard Willis was sentenced to death in 2010 for the murders eight years earlier of newlyweds Adam Chrismer, 17, and Samantha ...

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 ...

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

according to the Montgomery Advertiser. His final words were: “Detroit strong. I love everyone on Death Row. Let’s go.” Frazier’s mask was then closed, and the gas began flowing at 6:13 p ...

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

As of Feb. 6, 2025, there were 174 people on death row in Texas, seven of whom are women, including Melissa Lucio who was convicted in 2008 of beating to death her 2-year-old daughter. In 2022 ...

The president commuted the death sentences of almost all of the men on federal death row, but left out three of the most well-known, including Roof. Joe Biden believes the death penalty "must stop ...