A judge in Texas has set Oct. 16 as the new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas death row inmate convicted of killing ...

The bench observed that while the crime was undeniably grave, the courts below had relied solely on its brutality to award the death sentence.

Testimony is set to continue Thursday in the sentencing trial of Shelby Nealy, who faces the death penalty for killing his former in-laws in Pinellas County nearly a year after killing his ex-wife.

A man who faced execution nine times and had his conviction vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court is asking a judge to enforce ...

Death row convict Jimmie "Chris" Duncan, imprisoned for 32 years for alleged rape and murder of a two-year-old, now has been ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A hearing was held on Wednesday on the manner of death for a death row inmate set for execution.

Attorneys for the government wrote in a filing that the judiciary does not have authority to order the executive branch how to carry out its decision-making process.

Judge Austin Reeve Jackson set Robert Roberson's execution for Oct. 16, almost exactly a year after the Texas Supreme Court ...

After a roughly 20-minute hearing, Judge Austin Reeve Jackson rejected arguments by Roberson's attorney that his execution should be further delayed because of a pending appeal to the state's highest ...

Attorneys for Ralph Menzies have filed a petition for commutation to the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, asking that his ...

New court filings in the case of former death row inmate Richard Glossip revealed a plea deal in private emails between Glossip’s attorney and Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

He has claimed his innocence for roughly two decades, claiming junk science or the Shaken Baby Syndrome as the reason for his conviction.