A man — who was convicted in Texas of a double homicide and confessed to killing two others — sought penance from the ...

A federal judge rejected a Georgia death row inmate's request to be executed by firing squad because he claims that lethal injection could cause him excruciating pain. Michael Wade Nance ...

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.

A Florida man convicted of killing a husband and wife at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by the couple’s toddler was put to death Thursday in the state’s first execution of the year.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 12 death row inmates have so far been scheduled for execution in South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Oklahoma and Ohio. On his first day ...

Nine states have put more inmates to death. But since the unintentional pause, the death row population has dwindled to 29 currently, compared with 63 in early 2011. About 20 have been taken off ...

Gunches, now 53, was put on death row after pleading guilty to Price's murder. The inmate recently said his death sentence was "long overdue," the Associated Press reported. In a statement ...

Paquita la del Barrio, the legendary Mexican singer and songwriter best known for her bold personality and powerful lyrics, ...