More than 2,100 people sit on American death rows. Will most of them die there waiting to be executed?

A New Orleans judge said death row inmate Antoinette Frank, a former NOPD officer, can present post-conviction claims in court. The judge also told AG Liz Murrill she cannot enroll in the case.

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.

Michael Bell will be the 50th person from Duval County put to death in Florida. But Duval's ties to Florida's executions run much deeper.

Marcellus Williams was executed on Tuesday night in the US state of Missouri after spending more than two decades on death row.

Williams was convicted and sentenced to death in 2001 for the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, a social worker and well-known St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter, who was killed in her home.

A Day Before Scheduled Execution, U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Consider Marcellus Williams' Death Row Case County prosecutors and defense lawyers both claim that mishandled evidence and racial bias ...

A Missouri judge is holding held an evidentiary hearing Wednesday over the innocence claim of death row inmate Marcellus Williams, whose quest to prove he did not murder a woman in 1998 has been ...

A Missouri death row inmate set to be executed Tuesday in the 1998 fatal stabbing of a former reporter maintains his innocence and that he's never been forensically linked to the killing. Williams ...

Despite Prosecutors' 'Concerns' About Conviction, Marcellus Williams Still on Death Row After Judge's Ruling St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell vowed to "continue to work to prevent" the ...

Missouri death row inmate Marcellus Williams agreed to a no-contest plea on Wednesday, opting for a life sentence without parole and dropping his claim of innocence.

Louisiana is restarting death penalty executions next week for the first time in 15 years, using nitrogen gas to execute Jessie Hoffman. Here's a look at who else is on death row in the state.