Lawyers are sparring over a COVID-19-related agreement that has shielded some people on Georgia's death row from execution.

Ten former prison guards have been indicted in the killing of Robert Brooks, a prisoner who was incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, New York.

A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

During his 20 years behind bars, Richard Lee Tabler says he's found God and leads a ministry of Death Row inmates. He's ...

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Kopp was serving a sentence of 120 to 300 months for second-degree murder, the department said. The Review-Journal previously ...

The wife of a death row inmate who was put to death on Wednesday ... and each of his appeals were denied by state and federal courts. Helene Noa Dubois held up their dog to watch as Steven ...

A court in India's western Goa state on Monday sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago. The body of ...

There are currently 178 people on death row in Texas, including Nelson, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The state has executed 582 people since 1976. Another three are ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report, lawyers for his family said Wednesday. The report issued ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a ... at that time and the commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community ...