A Maryland man who was wrongly imprisoned for 32 years, including a decade on death row, for two killings he did not commit ...

A judge is ordering state officials to turn off a death-row inmate's heart-regulating implanted device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his execution by lethal injection ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A Davidson County judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Corrections to deactivate death row inmate Byron Black ’s heart device before his scheduled August 5 ...

A relatively new pilot scheme has seen inmates on death row granted more privileges than they’ve had in the past. In America, 27 states have the death penalty, and among them, serving this sentence in ...

(WDBJ) - On July 18th, 1792, John Paul Jones died. Jones lived in Fredericksburg for a period of time before becoming the United States’ first well-known naval commander during the American ...

A man sentenced to death for a 1998 Lexington murder has died while on death row.

LEX 18 has learned that Lexington death row inmate Johnathon Goforth, who was charged with first-degree murder and robbery in the death of 73-year-old Lonetta White in 1998, has died.

The event was one in an ongoing series of protests against President Donald Trump, this one on the anniversary of civil rights icon John Lewis' death.

Hundreds unite across San Diego for 'Good Trouble Lives On' events honoring John Lewis's fight for civil rights and challenging injustice through peaceful action.

The concept of a "last meal" on death row is widely known, but the final words uttered by condemned individuals are often far more revealing and unsettling. History records a chilling collection ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A temporary injunction for a Tennessee death row inmate’s request to turn off his defibrillator during his upcoming execution has been granted by a Davidson County ...