Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts say.Forty-four people on death row have been executed so far this year, and ...
This is all bad news for people seeking to end capital punishment in the United States. However, I don’t think that it suggests we are seeing a revival of the death penalty after a long period of ...
An Oklahoma death row inmate was hospitalized Thursday after being found unresponsive in his cell, just hours after being ...
This article has been updated with the execution. COLUMBIA — A Sumter County man who killed three during a crime spree 21 ...
Stephen Bryant, 44, was executed for killing a man in his home and writing "catch me if u can" on the wall with the victim's ...
Tremane Wood, 46, was granted clemency in the 11th hour after Governor Kevin Stitt accepted the state panel's recommendation ...
This story is part of a series examining the death penalty in Texas. You can read more about the lives of death row inmates at the Polunsky Unit here and a first-person account from a reporter who ...