In December 2024, Joe Biden, then in the last weeks of his presidency, made a final move to block the incoming Trump administration from resuming the execution of federal prisoners. With his clemency ...

At least four of the 37 men whose sentences were commuted last year could face the death penalty at the state level after a ...

The order, which was issued Wednesday night by U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May, paves the way for Georgia to execute Humphreys next week.

Tommy Zeigler, on death row since 1976, may get a new trial after a hearing reviewing DNA evidence and blood spatter analysis.

Georgia death row inmate Stacey Humphreys requested a huge buffet-style last meal ahead of his execution for his 2003 double ...

A condemned man on Florida’s death row is awaiting to hear his fate from the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. personal savings ...

A Tampa judge will decide Thursday whether death row inmate Steven Lorenzo is mentally competent to fire his appeals lawyers ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was ...

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that a judge declined to stop the execution of Stacey Humphreys, convicted of killing ...

Installation view, ‘Life After Death and Elsewhere’ at apexart (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) From a certain angle, the premise seems almost cruel: invite prisoners on ...