Judge orders release of video of inmate who mutilated self
Tennessee judge rules that video detailing the treatment of death row inmate Henry Hodges, who cut off his penis while on suicide watch, be made... More
January 18, 2023
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Electric chair, firing squad’s legality at S. Carolina court
South Carolina's highest court will hear arguments on whether a newly organized firing squad or the old electric chair are legal ways to execute inmates. More
January 5, 2023
Texas inmate says comedy special landed him on death row
Gabriel Hall, 29, is awaiting execution by lethal injection after being convicted of murdering a Texas A&M professor. More
December 30, 2022
Oklahoma court denies new hearing for death row inmate
Oklahoma appeals court denies death row inmate Richard Glossip's request for a hearing to prove his innocence in the beating death of Glossip's boss. More
November 10, 2022
Appeals Court weighs death row inmate’s disability claims
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 finally moved off California’s death row
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
Attorney: Death row inmate on suicide watch severed penis
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 finally moved off California’s death row
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
Board rejects clemency request of Oklahoma death row inmate
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
Court rejects Black Texas death row inmate’s race bias claim
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
Claiming innocence, Alabama death row inmate seeks new trial
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
Oklahoma governor rejects clemency for death row inmate
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
Republican Oklahoma lawmakers seek hearing in death row case
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
Execution dates scheduled for 6 Oklahoma death row inmates
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set execution dates for six death row inmates: James Coddington, Richard Glossip, Benjamin Cole, Richard Fairchild, John Hanson and Scott... More
July 1, 2022
Texas man on death row pleads guilty in 3 cold-case killings
William Reece, who was already sentenced to death for a cold-case killing in Oklahoma, pleaded guilty to murder in the deaths of three girls whose... More
June 29, 2022
Judge: Death row inmate can pursue disability claims
Tennessee death row inmate Tyrone Chalmers can pursue arguments that he is intellectually disabled and should not be executed under state law. More
June 9, 2022
Why was death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s execution delayed?
In Texas, the execution of Melissa Lucio for the death of her 2-year-old daughter Mariah has been delayed. More
April 26, 2022
Texas death row inmate to get Supreme Court review
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who claims untested crime-scene evidence will help clear him. More
April 25, 2022
Oldest Texas death row inmate executed for officer’s death
Texas' oldest death row inmate was executed Thursday. Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, was condemned for the June 1990 fatal shooting of Houston police officer James... More
April 21, 2022
2 SC death row inmates ask court not to schedule executions
Lawyers for two men on South Carolina's death row have asked the state's Supreme Court to hold off on setting execution dates while they challenge... More
March 23, 2022
