A Texas appeals court has halted the execution of a man who has spent more than 30 years on death row and had been set to die ...

A former high-ranking Las Vegas police official is named as a defendant in a new amended complaint filed as part of a federal lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs. John Pelletier served in the ...

With a 2-1 decision, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals last week sent Brittany Marlowe Holberg’s 1998 murder conviction back down to the trial court to decide how to proceed.

A journalist witnesses his 11th execution at a South Carolina prison, reflecting on the violence and tension of the firing ...

A South Carolina man, Brad Sigmon, was executed by firing squad, choosing it over other methods. The event took place in Columbia. He was pronounced dead at 6:08 p.m.

Six death row inmates have been executed in the U.S. so far this year, compared to two by this time last year.

A death row inmate in Louisiana scheduled to become the first person in the state to be executed using nitrogen gas has asked for his capital punishment to be carried ...

Idaho is looking to renovate its death row to accommodate firing squad executions, but contractors are shying away from ...

Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman said he has leaned on what he's learned through Buddhism to help him improve his life, ...

Brad Sigmon, a man on death row for murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents, is set to be executed in South Carolina by firing ...

A 34-year-old inmate was killed during an “apparent fight” inside their cell at the Ridgeland Correctional Institution, ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case. Myers was facing execution this spring. Ivey ...