The Florida death row killer executed Tuesday night for the grisly rape and murder of a married mom reportedly devoured a ...

Southwest Ohio's longest-serving resident on the state's Death Row has died, just over 40 years after he was arrested for the ...

From prison on his scheduled execution day, Charles “Sonny" Burton said he feels he “dodged death" after receiving clemency.

A Texas man on death row for murdering two people is asking the state to halt his April 13 execution after someone else has allegedly come forward to claim responsibility — his own cousin. James ...

Georgia's long-running fight over how and when it can carry out death sentences landed back before the state Supreme Court on Wednesday, with lawyers arguing over whether a pandemic-era deal should ...

Texas death row inmate Cedric Ricks, convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son, apologized to a surviving victim before execution.

An Alameda judge overturned Franklin Lynch’s death sentence after finding racial bias in jury selection. The ruling follows a sweeping county review.

A month before a death row inmate is scheduled to be executed for his role in a double murder case from 2008, his cousin has ...

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reverses death penalty more than a decade after 2012 killings ...

Charles 'Sonny' Burton was sentenced to death for his role in a 1991 Alabama convenience store robbery that saw a customer killed ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On Monday, the court declined to review the state's appeal of a lower court ...

"As I mourn the loss of my friend, I find myself returning to Pyth's final counsel: not to let anger take hold and not to let ...