Heather Mitchell shows a photograph of her husband Marcus Mitchell who has been on death row in Raleigh’s Central Prison for 27 years. He has long been an advocate for death row inmates ...

Over time, they developed a long-term correspondence. Clark’s research notes the isolation felt by prisoners on death row. Prison guards keep their distance from those that they may one day have ...

SAN FRANCISCO — By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin’s death row. Williams was 18 when he raped and murdered 40-year-old Mary ...

The original presiding judge, two jurors and a former state prison director are among the more than 20 people who have signed a clemency petition for a South Carolina man on death row. Richard ...

Marcus Mitchell is on death row at North Carolina’s Central Prison. Convicted of a triple murder, he’s been there for 27 years. And he’s likely never getting out. But he doesn’t believe ...