The state prison system just implemented a new law that allows firing squad executions. Two longtime prisoners raised constitutional claims.
Pasco County death row inmate Dominick Occhicone, 80, filed for a stay of execution due to old age following recent string of ...
Two of Idaho's longest-serving death row inmates filed a lawsuit against IDOC's director alleging a lack of reasoning in approving the state's new execution policy.
The Florida Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on July 2, 2026, rejecting a successive postconviction appeal from ...
Like Gov. Mike DeWine, most agreed the death penalty is broken and does not deter crime, but not always with the same ...
The decision affirms a lower court’s ruling nullifying Jimmie “Chris” Duncan’s 1998 first-degree murder conviction. Duncan ...
Federal appellate judges have revived a lawsuit by some Georgia death row prisoners alleging the state is unfairly favoring ...
What if death row prisoners participated in political debate? Do people sentenced to death agree with Gov. Mike DeWine? He ...
Netflix’s June 2026 documentary Maternal Instinct has reignited public interest in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent Texas history: the 2020 killing of pregnant 21-year-old Reagan ...
The 47 women on death row and thousands of others serving life terms face treatment that advocates say is often harsher than ...
Oklahoma’s death row currently includes 21 inmates whose convictions span cases from 1992 through 2022. Oklahoma has executed 131 people since 1990, all by lethal injection. The state had a six-year ...