The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a ...

Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Cobb death row inmate has been suspended as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles ...

A jury is now deliberating on whether to recommend the death penalty for Jason Banegas, who pleaded guilty two months ago to ...

The Supreme Court will hear a death row inmate's racial bias challenge in jury selection, but will not hear a case on federal ...

Fewer Americans support capital punishment. Fewer courts are handing out death sentences. And we’ve got way more executions ...

The use of capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States since its peak in 1996, when 315 death sentences were imposed. That number had fallen to 26 by 2024. Alabama’s yearly death ...

Stacey Humphreys had been set to be executed on Wednesday, Dec. 17, for the double murder of 21-year-old Lori Brown and ...

Ahead of his execution, Humphreys, 52, requested a gluttonous spread chock full of southern classics with a dash of fast-food for his final meal — which went viral online.

Rights groups have criticised the surge in executions, arguing that the kingdom’s use of the death penalty undermines its ...

Wednesday's scheduled execution of a Cobb death row inmate has been suspended as the State Board of Pardons and Paroles considers a clemency application.

Frank Walls, convicted of the 1987 murders of Edward Alger and Ann Peterson, is scheduled to be put to death Thursday, Dec.

Here's what we know about Stacey Humphrey's request for clemency ahead of his scheduled execution. Who is Nick Reiner? About ...