Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies has dementia, and is asking the parole board to spare his life. Executing him, his attorneys argue, will be a "needless display of violence." ...

A Texas man on death row is now scheduled to be put to death in October for his conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter.

With just weeks to go before a death row inmate's scheduled execution, there's one more courtroom battle playing out.

Death row convict Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, imprisoned for 32 years for alleged rape and murder of a two-year-old, now has been adjudged actually innocent. Columnist Quin Hillyer argues that bail ...

A district court judge set a new execution date for Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson Wednesday morning.

Dabo Swinney responds to Brian Kelly’s jab calling LSU the real Death Valley ahead of their opening game vs. Clemson at Memorial Stadium.

A Houston-area man convicted of killing his wife died this week after more than three decades on death row, marking the second condemned prisoner to die behind bars in the past month.

Attorneys for a Tennessee death row inmate have launched a last-ditch effort to prevent his Aug. 5 execution.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with a man who was convicted in the 1988 murder of Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputy Isaiah Harris.

Indiana attorneys have sent a request to the Indiana Supreme Court on Friday to announce the date for death row inmate 52-year-old Roy Lee Ward.

Barbour remains on Alabama’s death row. But now, new DNA testing points to someone else — a man who’s already in prison for an unrelated murder. Yet there is no cinematic rush to release ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for a Texas death row inmate who is seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution.