You've been waiting for this moment for years, and now that it's here, you just wish you had a little more time. In today's ...

Ohio’s stalled death penalty exposes the false promise of finality and the irreversible danger of wrongful executions, making ...

Forty-four death row inmates across the U.S. have been executed this year, reaching a level not seen in more than a decade.

Stacey Humphreys, 52, will be put to death by lethal injection next Wednesday, but he has one final pig out planned.

As executions remain paused, Ohio lawmakers debate competing bills that would either repeal the death penalty or expand how ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...

"There are people whom the (prison) system works for. Wayne is one of those people," his attorney said. Nichols is scheduled ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) —It’s been six months exactly since Arizona executed convicted killer Aaron Gunches. Next month, another violent criminal, Richard Djerf, is set to be put to death. For the first ...

Ohio has not carried out an execution since 2018, creating a de facto moratorium under Gov. Mike DeWine. State lawmakers are at an impasse over whether to abolish capital punishment or authorize new ...

Summer Shockley with her father, Lance Shockley during a visit at Potosi Correctional Center, in 2024. Lance Shockley executed on Oct. 14, 2025, for the 2005 murder of a Missouri highway patrolman. Of ...

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Chuck Thompson has been on Texas Death Row for 27 years and is set to be executed in January. Credit: April Towery For Charles Victor Thompson, the one constant in his life has been the almost three ...