A man who has served nearly three decades on death row in Louisiana has had his conviction overturned by a judge ...

Idaho won’t be able to carry out the death penalty until prison officials increase witness access for executions.

A bill moving in the state House this week would reintroduce the electric chair and firing squads as part of the death ...

The district attorney says they plan to appeal the April 23 overturning of Jimmie Duncan’s 1998 murder conviction. A ...

A lawsuit filed on behalf of 21 inmates seeks to prevent them from being transferred to a notorious federal supermax prison ...

Indiana death row inmate Benjamin Ritchie's clemency hearings are set for the coming weeks as his legal team fights to delay ...

In a last-minute legal maneuver, attorneys for death row inmate Jeffrey Hutchinson filed a motion Wednesday with the Supreme Court of Florida seeking a stay of his scheduled execution. Hutchinson, who ...

On Tuesday, House Bill 270 moved to its next committee. The bill changes the go-to execution method from lethal injection to ...

North Carolina lawmakers will discuss a bill Tuesday that would give death row inmates the option to choose between three execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, or firing squad.

Allegations of custodial deaths and police misconduct remain among Malaysia’s most pressing human rights issues, Amnesty ...

Amnesty International Malaysia flags erosion of freedoms in 2024 and calls for reforms that ensure accountability in law ...

Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate. Willie Cory Godbolt had ...