A Texas judge says that a mother who was previously convicted in 2008 of capital murder in the February 2007 death of her ...

The family of Melissa Lucio expressed hope that the death row inmate would be freed after a judge concluded that Lucio is ...

The Texas Supreme Court has cleared the way for Robert Roberson's execution to be rescheduled a month after he narrowly ...

Opponents of the death penalty are bracing for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, fearing it will herald a new round ...

A pro-Trump former prison warden who oversaw Florida executions is urging President Biden to commute all federal death ...

Across the nation, more than half of the approximately 2,100 prisoners with death sentences are incarcerated in jurisdictions where executions are on hold, according to a Washington Post analysis.

Melissa Lucio was two days away from being put to death in Texas for the murder of her 2-year-old daughter when an appeals ...

Melissa Lucio has been on death row in Texas since she was convicted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.

Attorneys for Alabama death row inmate Toforest Johnson filed a petition in Jefferson County Circuit Court Thursday seeking a ...

We later learned the dogs were lounging in our front lawn and someone came to the house and left without securing the gate ...

A death row inmate convicted of killing her toddler daughter is “actually innocent” of murder and should be freed from ...

On Monday, death row inmate Ralph Menzies faces a competency hearing to determine if he is competent enough for execution.