The main defense lawyer for Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who is appealing a death sentence, may be facing imminent imprisonment for defending the rights of Iranians, according to Amnesty ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution ...

Richard Jordan, the longest-serving and oldest person on Mississippi's death row, was executed on June 25 for the 1976 murder ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was sentenced to death in 1976 for killing and kidnapping a mother of two young children that year.

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder whose final appeals were denied ...

A Mississippi Supreme Court has denied a post-conviction rehearing appeal for death row inmate Richard Jordan.This was the latest in multiple attempts Jordan has fought his conviction and sentencing ...

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 for Ruben Gutierrez, a Texas death row inmate, granting a path for DNA testing that could impact his execution eligibility.

Our taxpayer dollars are once again being squandered on prisoners in death-row stasis. Just recently, a judge once again declared an inmate was fit for execution (after 37 years) and competent to ...