Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a legal sentence in which a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for the crime they were convicted of. Death row refers to the section of a prison that houses inmates sentenced to death.
Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled. More
November 8, 2022
Scott Peterson has been moved off death row more than two years after the California Supreme Court overturned his death sentence for killing his pregnant... More
November 4, 2022
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt grants another temporary reprieve to death row inmate Richard Glossip, pushing scheduled execution back until Feb. 2023. More
November 3, 2022
Tennessee death row inmate Henry Hodges cut off his own penis after slitting his wrists and asking to be put on suicide watch, his attorney... More
October 27, 2022
Scott Peterson was moved off death row over 2 years after CA's Supreme Court overturned his death sentence for killing his pregnant wife and unborn... More
October 24, 2022
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board rejects request to recommend clemency for death row inmate Richard Fairchild, who killed girlfriend's 3-year-old son. More
October 12, 2022
Divided Supreme Court rejects Black Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas' appeal; he argued he didn't get a fair trial. More
October 11, 2022
Alabama officials call off the execution of Alan Miller, a man convicted in a workplace shooting, due to time concerns and trouble accessing his veins. More
September 23, 2022
Alabama has requested to proceed with the execution of Alan Miller, who says his paperwork selecting nitrogen hypoxia as execution method was lost. More
September 22, 2022
Alabama told a federal judge that it could soon be ready to use a new, untried execution method called nitrogen hypoxia to carry out a... More
September 13, 2022
Alabama death row inmate Toforest Johnson, seeking a new trial for a 1998 conviction, says he did not murder a sheriff's deputy. More
September 9, 2022
A South Carolina judge ruled that the state's newly created execution firing squad, as well as its use of the electric chair, are unconstitutional. More
September 6, 2022
Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state's Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James... More
August 25, 2022
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt rejected clemency for a man facing execution for the 1997 hammer killing of a Choctaw man, despite a recommendation from the... More
August 24, 2022
A man who fatally stabbed a real estate agent inside a model home in suburban Dallas faces execution Wednesday evening, more than 16 years after... More
August 17, 2022
A federal appeals court upheld Arkansas' use of the sedative midazolam in its lethal injections. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of... More
August 16, 2022
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt granted death row inmate Richard Glossip a 60-day stay of execution More
August 16, 2022
More than 60 Oklahoma lawmakers, including many Republicans who support the death penalty, urged the state attorney general to join their request for a new... More
August 8, 2022
Thirty-seven years later, authorities are still trying to identify the remains of some of their victims. More
August 1, 2022
Alabama’s prison system said Friday that the execution of an Alabama inmate was delayed because of the time it took to establish an intravenous line... More
July 29, 2022
