Texas rarely grants clemency for death row inmates, but that's not stopping a group of bipartisan lawmakers from showing ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of a Texas man on death row who has long argued that DNA testing would help prove ...

Three cases all stem from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, which often finds itself to the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by a Texas man who faces the death penalty for his role in the ...

A Spartanburg man convicted of murder has an execution date set as South Carolina resumes death penalty enforcement.

South Carolina has set a date of Nov. 1 date for its next execution as the state ramps up use of the death penalty after a 13 ...

Owens had two different death sentences overturned on appeal only to end up back on death row. Owens was charged with murder in Lee's death but was never tried. Prosecutors dropped the charges ...

Campaigners against the death penalty have long argued that the practice is an inhumane method of punishment. CNA's V Taiwan upholds death penalty but limits use to "exceptional" cases - CNA ...

A key witness who helped put Freddie Owens on death row now says he lied to save his own life — coming forward just days before Owens’ execution, which is still set for Friday. Steven Golden ...

Here's what we know: Does Kentucky have the death penalty? Yes, Kentucky has had the death penalty since it was reinstated nationally in 1976, according to deathpenaltyinfo.org. The state became ...

A death row inmate in Missouri who has long claimed his innocence and is scheduled to be executed in less than one week asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday for a stay of execution ...

Nearly 200 innocent people have been exonerated from death row in the U.S. since 1976, not to mention the untold number of people who were unjustly executed. Many murder victims’ family members are ...