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.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declined to grant clemency to death row inmate Ernest Johnson despite requests for mercy from the pope two federal lawmakers and thousands of petition signers. More
October 4, 2021
Scott Peterson who spent more than 15 years on Death Row in the 2002 murders of his pregnant wife and unborn son will be sentenced to life in prison this fall. More
September 23, 2021
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Another Texas inmate has had his execution delayed over claims the state is violating his religious freedom by not letting his spiritual adviser lay hands on him at the time of his lethal injection. Ruben Gutierrez was set to be executed on Oct. 27 for fatally […] More
September 17, 2021
John Henry Ramirez was condemned for the 2004 killing of Pablo Castro as he took out the trash from a Corpus Christi convenience store. More
September 8, 2021
Oklahoma appeals court reversed previous rulings that overturned death penalty cases based on Supreme Court ruling limiting state jurisdiction for crimes committed on tribal reservations. More
August 31, 2021
The California Supreme Court on Monday reversed the death penalty for a woman who killed her four young daughters and tried to kill her son by setting their house on fire 23 years ago. More
May 4, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposition to capital punishment. The justices agreed to hear an appeal filed by the Trump administration, which carried out executions of 13 federal inmates in its final six months […] More
March 22, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — As many as 10 death row inmates in Oklahoma, more than one-fifth of the state’s prisoners condemned to die, could escape execution because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling concerning criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country. The inmates have challenged their convictions in state court following the high court’s ruling last year, […] More
March 1, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The daughter of a Tennessee man executed 14 years ago for murder wants to test DNA evidence to prove his innocence. If the effort is successful, it would be the first time such evidence was used to prove someone was wrongly executed in the U.S. Attorneys for April Alley presented arguments […] More
February 4, 2021
The U.S. Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's case after his death sentence was thrown out. More
October 7, 2020
The U.S. Justice Department will seek to reinstate the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted in the Boston Marathon Bombing. More
August 20, 2020
BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Monday that they need more time to decide whether to ask an appeals court to reconsider the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, whose death sentence was thrown out over concerns over about the jury selection process. The U.S. Justice Department urged the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of […] More
August 11, 2020
A federal appeals court threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, citing a juror issue. More
August 4, 2020
MAGNOLIA, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man was given four death sentences by a jury on Thursday, hours after he spoke in court and blamed the devil for his actions the night eight people were shot to death. Willie Cory Godbolt, 37, was convicted Tuesday of the May 2017 slayings of eight people. Four of […] More
February 28, 2020
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and JAMES MARTINEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White supremacist mass murderer Dylann Roof staged a hunger strike this month while on federal death row, alleging in letters to The Associated Press that he’s been “targeted by staff,” “verbally harassed and abused without cause” and “treated disproportionately harsh.” The 25-year-old Roof, who […] More
February 25, 2020
BY PHILIP MARCELO ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Should the Boston Marathon bomber’s trial have taken place in Boston as the city was still reeling from the traumatic 2013 attack? That’s the crux of what’s being argued Thursday before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (juh-HAHR’ sar-NY’-ev) are […] More
December 12, 2019
HOUSTON (AP) — Supporters of a Texas death row inmate who is facing lethal injection in less than two weeks for a murder he says he didn’t commit are mounting a final push in the courts and on social media to stop his execution, which is being called into question by lawmakers, pastors, celebrities and […] More
November 8, 2019
