The state of Missouri put him to death despite serious questions about the evidence against him, jurors’ misgivings, and the ...

Death row inmate’s next moves lie with Texas Supreme Court When a Kemp’s ridley sea turtle was swept thousands of miles away, ...

In the U.S., individuals can face the death penalty even when their guilt is not proven beyond a reasonable doubt. A ...

For too long, this country’s criminal legal system has perpetuated violence, brutality, and murder, with Black people bearing the brunt. While methods may change, the underlying outcomes remain the ...

The United States is an outlier among developed nations when it comes to the ultimate punishment. One state has executed by ...

Convicted murderer beat victim with hammer and saw IQ scores at issue in legal fight over death sentence Atlanta-based ...

Bailey took his fight all the way to the Missouri Supreme Court. And even after the high court ordered her release, Bailey told the prison warden to ignore the court's order. A text to Bailey’s ...

The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court’s decision blocking a death row inmate’s execution because he says he’s intellectually disabled, ordering the lower court to issue a clearer ...

(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)(Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AP) When the U.S. Supreme Court declined to stop Texas from executing death row inmate Robert Roberson III, the Thursday evening ruling ...

Oct. 17 (UPI) --The Texas Supreme Court late Thursday stayed the execution of death row inmate Robert Roberson, just minutes after the state's highest criminal court had cleared the way for him to ...

South Carolina carried out the execution of Richard Moore on Friday evening, according to the state, a day after the US ...

The scheduled execution of a death row inmate whose case has drawn widespread scrutiny was halted by the Texas Supreme Court late Thursday ... by lethal injection in Missouri after St. Louis ...