He devoured his final meal before receiving a lethal injection for kidnapping, raping, and fatally shooting 21-year-old ...

An inmate at a Southern Nevada prison died at a Las Vegas hospital on Saturday, according to a news release from the Nevada Department of Corrections. Eddie Mushawevans, 46, died at MountainView ...

Cedric Ricks, 51, was executed by lethal injection in Texas for the brutal 2013 stabbing murders of his girlfriend Roxann Sanchez, 30, and her eight-year-old son Anthony Figueroa at their Bedford apar ...

A Texas man was executed on March 11 after being sentenced to death for the brutal 2013 killings of his girlfriend and her ...

Lubbock's dark past revisits with the disturbing tale of the 'Suitcase Killer,' Rosendo Rodriguez, whose crimes shocked the community and left lasting scars.

The U.S. Supreme Court has paved the way for one of Alabama's longest-serving death row inmates to receive a new trial. On Monday, the court declined to review the state's appeal of a lower court ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — The Alabama Supreme Court has issued an order to carry out the sentence of death row inmate Charles Lee Burton. Burton was sentenced to death for the 1991 capital murder of ...

A Texas death row inmate who gained notoriety after a brazen escape from jail has been executed for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend in 1998. Charles Victor Thompson, 55, ...

Every year, thousands of prisoners in the U.S. are placed in solitary confinement, where they endure isolation, abuse, and mental suffering. This practice might soon become rarer for some inmates in ...

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an attorney and hasten his execution. A judge will hear arguments in Faulkner ...

BOISE, Idaho — Erick Hall, an Idaho death row inmate, died in prison custody on Feb. 9, and reports reveal the cause of death was a stroke. The Ada County Coroner has officially deemed Hall's death ...