An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an ...

A state district court judge is challenging a reprimand stemming from a legal dispute with the Harris County District ...

Ralph Menzies spent 36 years on Utah’s death row. He died last year after his execution was stopped over competency concerns. Now a lawmaker says the system is broken — and she wants to speed it up.

A death row inmate committed suicide inside the Central Jail Faisalabad by hanging himself with a drawstring from his trousers, police said on Wednesday.Officials said the prisoner, identified as ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WINK) — Florida executed more inmates last year than any other state. That's according to data from the ...

Arizona Republicans are advancing a proposal to bring back firing squad executions, including as a mandatory option for those ...

A BRAVE political prisoner has opened up about the torture and abuse she suffered for years at the hands of brutal Iranian ...

The Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday that paves the way for the execution of Melvin Trotter, a 65-year-old death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection on February 24, 2026.

The House Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Committee heard House Bill 495 that would accelerate appeals processes for capital cases. Attorneys who work on such cases expressed alarm.

The Florida Supreme Court denied a death row inmate’s habeas petition and request for a stay of execution. The defendant, now 72, was convicted of murdering a 70-year-old woman in 1986. He says that ...

The country has not carried out capital punishment in almost three decades, despite its courts continuing to hand down death sentences.

A former attorney for Harris County's criminal judges testified that it was his "worst nightmare" to defend Natalia Cornelio ...