Exclusive: The 23-minute film, which follows activist Rev. Jeff Hood as he counsels death-row prisoners, will premiere at DOC ...

According to a long-standing rumor, the footage saved a man wrongly charged with first-degree murder from potentially facing the death penalty.

This year is expected to see capital punishment carried out more often than any other year since 2009. Experts weigh in on ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Kentucky's attorney general is joining a push for Gov. Andy Beshear to authorize the execution of an inmate who has spent decades on death row. Ralph Baze was sentenced to ...

This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about how the system works here and a firsthand account from a reporter who witnessed an execution here.

After three executions in less than a year — ending a nearly 15-year pause in Indiana’s use of capital punishment — it’s not clear when the state will carry out another. Five men remain on Indiana’s ...

An inmate on death row at Central Prison in Raleigh works on a letter in a common area in one of the four pods on death row in 2004. Inmates on death row wear red to signify they are on death row.