The removal of the death penalty as an option could lead to a quick guilty plea and life sentence, as happened with federal ...

A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in ...

When it comes to death row inmate Darrell Robinson, the Louisiana Supreme Court can't seem to make up its mind.

An 89-year-old Japanese man who spent nearly half a century on death row for a 1966 quadruple murder before being exonerated ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, despite support for a new ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Texas death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of ...

Nearly 50 years on death row had inflicted "extremely severe" mental and physical pain on Iwao Hakamata, a judge said.

What crimes qualify for the death penalty in Texas? Who decides whether to pursue the death penalty? Here's everything to ...

Four executions are scheduled this year with a new lethal injection protocol and the ethical and legal debate is intensifying ...

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a death row inmate whose bid for a new trial drew the support of the prosecutor's ...

A bill that would allow death penalty sentences for adults convicted of sexually abusing children ages 12 and younger has ...