Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah mother of three Maurine Hunsaker in ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was executed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He was one of several people on Mississippi's death row suing the state over its three-drug execution ...

Kern Valley State Prison violence in California leaves death row inmate Julian Mendez dead in attack involving multiple inmates, prompting investigation by prison officials and district attorney.

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

Those executed included Thomas Gudinas, whose mental illness was shaped by his abusive upbringing and neglect, and Richard ...

A federal appellate panel said that Michael Sockwell was eligible to be retried because prosecutors systematically eliminated ...

Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, received a lethal ...

The longest-serving inmate on Mississippi’s death row asked for forgiveness — and was thankful for the “humane” lethal injection that took his life Wednesday — before he eerily promised ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks ...

The Supreme Court has ruled for a Texas death row inmate who's seeking DNA testing to show he should be ineligible for execution ...

Joseph Johnson was the last person put to death by electrocution in Texas, on July 30, 1964. How many death row inmates are in Texas?

A man who spent decades on death row was executed yesterday after kidnapping and killing a banker’s wife in the 1970s. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, was a Vietnam veteran with post-traumatic stress ...