The state’s Court of Criminal Appeals earlier this month ordered a lower court to examine whether its findings in a Dallas ...

East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson is scheduled to be executed by the state of Texas in less than two weeks, despite his legal team’s argument that his conviction was based on the now ...

A bipartisan group of Texas state lawmakers visited death row inmate Robert Roberson days before his scheduled execution. We heard from Roberson in a new interview from jail.

Robert Roberson would have been the first person in the country executed for a murder conviction centered around shaken baby ...

DOC spokesperson Annie Goeller said Ward “does not wish to be interviewed by the Parole Board as part of his clemency request ...

Kwame Ajamu spent 28 years in prison – three on death row – for a Cleveland murder he didn't commit. He's now pushing for ...

Ohio's death penalty law is in limbo. Supporters and critics agree on one thing: the status quo isn't working.

Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

Djerf, according to corrections officials, killed four people, including a five-year-old, in 1993. While he pleaded guilty to ...

Texas and Alabama are poised to execute death row inmates within minutes of each other on the same day this week. On Thursday, Sept. 25, Alabama is set to execute Geoffrey West, 50, by the relatively ...