Rihanna, Meek Mill join calls to halt Texas inmate's execution
Kim Kardashian West and a growing list of celebrities have voiced support for Rodney Reed
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Kim Kardashian West and a growing list of celebrities have voiced support for Rodney Reed
Rodney Reed says he was having a secret affair with Stacey Stites, but has long maintained innocence in her murder
DA says if found guilty of capital murder, the two suspects charged in Kamille "Cupcake" McKinney's case could face the death penalty
Nusrat Jahan Rafi was killed after refusing to withdraw sexual harassment charges against the head of her Islamic school
A Los Angeles jury recommended the death penalty Friday for Michael Gargiulo, 43
The 22-year-old killed two students and injured four others in the school shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in April
Lawyers for Mark Anthony Soliz, 37, argued that he suffered from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, which left him with brain damage
The measure is expected to be part of a final gun reform package being proposed by the White House
Gary Ray Bowles received the death penalty for the 1994 murder of a man, who was his sixth and final known victim
Larry Swearingen, 48, received a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the 1998 killing of 19-year-old Melissa Trotter
State officials pronounced 56-year-old Stephen West dead at 7:27 p.m. at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville
Cedric Marks was indicted for the murders of Jenna Scott, 28, and Michael Swearingin, 32, two friends who were killed Jan. 3 at a home in Texas
The bill aims to "prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes"
The federal Bureau of Prisons has scheduled the executions of five inmates being held on death row after the DOJ's new rule
William Barr brings back seldom-used punishment pushed by President Trump; 5 inmates are scheduled to be executed starting in December
Marion Wilson Jr. Wilson was convicted of killing an off-duty prison guard March 28, 1996; he's the second prisoner executed by Georgia in 2019
South Korean newspaper with spotty history of accuracy on North Korea says Kim has killed envoys out of frustration over collapsed U.S. talks
The state hasn't executed anyone since 1939, and there is only one inmate on death row
Don Johnson in Tennessee and Michael Brandon Samra in Alabama both received lethal injections Thursday night for separate crimes
John William King was put on death row for chaining James Byrd Jr. to the back of a truck and dragging his body for nearly 3 miles
Prosecutors and families of murder victims denounced the California governor's death penalty moratorium
Texas prisons no longer allowing clergy in death chamber after U.S. Supreme Court blocks scheduled execution
Russell Bucklew argued that subjecting him to lethal injection could cause a tumor in his throat to burst and make him choke on his own blood
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is known for going years without saying a word during oral arguments
There are 737 inmates on death row in California – most of any state in the nation