A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the ...

The Indiana Parole Board noted the "brutal nature" of the crimes against a 15-year-old. Ward's attorney, Joanna Green, acknowledged the horrific nature of the crimes but said Ward has expressed ...

The United States has two executions scheduled for Thursday -- one in Alabama and the other in Texas -- during a year that has seen an uptick in inmates being put to death.

A Florida man sentenced to death for raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl did the state a favor last week — by killing himself before it could execute him, officials said. Matthew Caylor, 50, had ...

A South Carolina man on death row believes judges who rule against him are guided by Satan and that most laws are unconstitutional, he wrote in handwritten legal papers, as he seeks to avoid being put ...