Clarence Jordan, a condemned Houston man with a history of mental health issues whose death sentence was vacated, will not ...

With another execution set, Brevard’s death row is nearly empty as Florida carries out a record number of executions.

A Lake County judge on Wednesday turned down a request by death row inmate James Duckett to order a further analysis of DNA test results in the case of an 11-year-old girl who was brutally murdered ...

The governor of Alabama has granted clemency to a man on death row for three decades, a rare move that spares the accomplice in a 1991 murder from execution on Thursday. Gov. Kay Ivey, in announcing ...

James Broadnax will soon take his last breath. For the last 17 years, the convicted murderer has been on death row, with his execution date—scheduled for April 30—now fast approaching. His punishment ...

Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill to abolish the death penalty, citing its financial and human costs. The state's public defender system spends nearly $3 million annually on staff dedicated to ...