The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by Alabama officials of a judicial decision that a man convicted of ...

The decision marks the first time in more than 15 years that a San Mateo County district attorney will seek to execute an ...

Over the next four days, four inmates in four different states are scheduled to be put to death – a cluster that, while not ...

A federal judge has denied a legal attempt, for now, to prevent the U.S. government from transferring former death row ...

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. commuted dozens of men’s sentences to life without parole, but the Trump administration has ...

It comes amid a national uptick in executions as President Donald Trump calls for the death penalty's expansion.

Terry Pitchford, convicted of murder in 2006 and sentenced to death, says jury selection excluded Black jurors. He hopes the ...

Volunteers, as they are called in death penalty circles, have been around since the death penalty was reinstated 50 years ago ...

Kelly, who took office in January 2021, and McLennan County District Attorney Josh Tetens, who took office in January 2023, ...