Lindsay Sandiford is a grandmother-of-three, and she has told a cellmate what she wants to happen if she is executed ...

Judge Austin Reeve Jackson set Robert Roberson's execution for Oct. 16, almost exactly a year after the Texas Supreme Court granted him a stay.

A new prison program in Texas is bringing some positive changes in the lives of most hardened criminals and death row inmates. As per the new program, ‘recreational time’ is being offered to criminals ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A hearing was held on Wednesday on the manner of death for a death row inmate set for execution.

The program allows the selected prisoners to spend several hours a day outside their cells and allows them to enjoy communal meals, TV time, prayer circles and - for the first time in decades - direct ...

A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and ...

Prosecutors alleged that Roberson killed the child by violently shaking her — a diagnosis commonly referred to at the time as shaken baby syndrome.

A new program in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas, allows death row prisoners to mingle outside of solitary confinement ...

A hearing began Monday to determine if death row inmate Byron Black's defibrillator should be turned off before his Aug. 5 ...

A Davidson County judge held what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind hearing over how the state will handle the scheduled execution of Byron Black.

Michael Bell, scheduled for execution July 15, is one of dozens of death row inmates who were students at Florida's infamously abusive Dozier school.

A Davidson County judge held what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind hearing over how the state will handle the scheduled execution of Byron Black.