In a rare move on Tuesday, Republican Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey granted clemency to Toforest Johnson, who has been on death row ...

I worked on death row for 18 years. This is why the livestream execution was cancelled - IN DEPTH: The idea to livestream the ...

Damien Echols told Newsweek that livestreaming Nidal Hasan's execution will be "detrimental" for U.S. society.

Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on California's death row.

Gov. Gavin Newsom ramped up talks after a botched execution in Tennessee. By Laurel Rosenhall Reporting from Sacramento Gov. Gavin Newsom, a possible presidential candidate, is seriously considering ...

California’s police chiefs sent a plea to Gov. Gavin Newsom Wednesday to not follow through on sparing 563 inmates from the ...

For more than two decades, Vincent McFadden has been sitting on Missouri’s death row. He’s watched a steady stream of his friends get marched off to their executions — and he’s waiting for his own as ...

There are currently 45 women in the United States that are on death row after they were found guilty of heinous acts, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. While some of the women have ...

Certain names will be familiar to the Supreme Court in the latest case involving a Black death row inmate from Mississippi, with arguments set for Tuesday. Doug Evans, a now-retired prosecutor with a ...