More than half of prisoners sentenced to death in the United States have been on death row for more than 18 years. Texas, ...

A South Carolina death row inmate convicted of killing a man and writing a message to investigators with the victim’s blood more than 20 years ago elected on Friday to die by firing squad.

Anthony Boyd, 54, was pronounced dead at 6.33pm yesterday (October 23) at William C Holman Correctional Facility ...

Roy Ward’s execution in Illinois was the 35th in the U.S. in 2025, with Florida leading the way with 13 executions this year.

Separated from the general prison population, Texas death row inmates spend at least 22 hours a day alone in their cells.

The president and the Republican Party are bringing capital punishment back to the forefront of American criminal justice.

Bishops in multiple U.S. states are leading efforts to spare the lives of condemned prisoners facing execution.

Efforts to abolish capital punishment in Ohio are heating up with a bipartisan bill that has drawn the support of former ...

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from death row.

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

A House of Dynamite has surprisingly lost its top spot on Netflix in the US to a surprising true crime movie following a notorious serial killer.