A bill introduced in early 2026 would've authorized executions by suffocation via nitrogen gas.

A South Carolina man on death row believes judges who rule against him are guided by Satan and that most laws are unconstitutional, he wrote in handwritten legal papers, as he seeks to avoid being put ...

Clayton Lockett, 38, endured a horrifyingly botched execution at Oklahoma State Penitentiary after being convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping, with witnesses describing the chamber as a 'bloody me ...

A federal judge has ruled that Virginia cannot automatically hold prisoners convicted of capital murder on death row, where the harsh conditions and solitary confinement amount to an unconstitutional ...

Lawmakers say HB495 would speed executions and close loopholes in capital cases, potentially reshaping the legal terrain for ...

Florida’s rules for animal euthanasia, created in the 1990s, span a full page. Its guidance for executions by lethal ...

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...

The US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA testing. The majority opinion was written by Justice Sonia ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

SAN FRANCISCO — By age 46, Bob Williams had spent more than half his life in isolation, waiting to die on San Quentin’s death row. Williams was 18 when he raped and murdered 40-year-old Mary Breck at ...