The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected what is likely the final appeal of a South Carolina inmate the day before his scheduled ...

People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

A new short documentary explores the life of death-row prisoner John Henry Ramirez before he was executed in 2022. “I Am ...

State Sen. Terrell McKinney of Omaha has a bill which would abolish the death penalty in Nebraska and replace it with life in ...

Ohio lawmakers plan to introduce a bill that would end the death penalty and prohibit state funding for abortions and ...

Death row killer who shot friend found dead in car boot to be executed - but maintains he’s innocent - Marion Bowman Jr’s ...

Fans gather in Hialeah after the October death of Cuban reggaeton star El Taiger, whose real name is Jose Manuel Carvajal ...

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take ...

Bowman is scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. on Friday at a Columbia, South Carolina prison for the killing of 21-year-old Kandee Martin.

Lawmakers held a hearing for two different pieces of legislation that would change the death penalty. LR15CA is a constitutional amendment that would get rid of the death penalty. LB432 is a bill that ...

Marion Bowman Jr., a 44-year-old inmate, is scheduled to be executed Friday night, marking the first execution in South ...