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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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