William Thompson was convicted of torturing and beating 23-year-old Sally Ivester with chains in 1976.

Exclusive: James "Jimmy" Robertson killed his parents in 1997 with a hammer and baseball bat to get their money.

In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace. Across a two-lane highway from Florida State Prison, people prayed as an ...

Condemned prisoners on California's death row are partly filling their time by watching pornography and engaging in lewd conversations using taxpayer-funded tablets as the state continues its shift ...

A South Carolina death row inmate dies early Monday morning after an extended illness, state Department of Corrections ...

The Beacon Journal’s July 19th guest columnist, college professor Rick Feinberg, gives his ivory tower arguments against the death penalty. In offering a contrary position on this issue, born from my ...

Richard Glossip, who has been on death row for nearly 30 years, has been released from prison and is awaiting a retrial. Last year, the United States Supreme Court tossed his conviction, saying ...

As they continue to fight their cases in court, five men on North Carolina's death row have been there for more than 20 years. The costs add up for the state and the wait takes a toll on the victims' ...