The defense's request for additional DNA testing was approved by a judge during a hearing Monday.

Arkansas death row inmate Eric Reid agreed to life in prison on Oct. 26 after being sentenced to death for killing his wife ...

The Florida Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from death row inmate Samuel “Jason” Derrick seeking a review of newly ...

An order from South Carolina’s high court created the possibility that Donnie Council could leave death row. But in the 18 ...

As the United States government prepares to execute Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, bringing the death penalty debate back ...

Christa Pike became the first death row inmate to survive lethal injection Wednesday in what an expert dubbed a “singular and unparalleled” event. Pike, 50, was strapped to a gurney in the Riverbend ...

A Garland County man who spent eight years on Arkansas' death row reached an agreement Monday that ended the efforts to ...

Mississippi death row inmate Anthony Carr will not argue his appeal before the state Supreme Court after the court denied his ...

Tennessee Death Row Inmate Spared After Botched Christa Pike Execution ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a death row inmate after a number of former public officials and the current district attorney raised doubts about his conviction.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey granted executive clemency to a death row inmate, commuting his sentence to life in prison after officials raised concerns about the validity of his conviction.